Justice Minister reports MPs on ‘big achievements’ of her body
By Gvantsa Gabekhadze
Friday, March 22
Justice Minister Thea Tsulukiani, the only minister occupying the ministerial post since 2012, came to parliament on March 20 to make a report regarding the activities of her body.
She stated that much has been done over the past several years by the Justice Ministry, which promoted Georgia in international ratings.
Tsulukiani stated that the Georgian Public Registry National Agency [under the Ministry of Justice] has become the first in the region to introduce the innovative Blockchain technology, providing the “highest-level” of security for saved data.
She said that more than two million transactions on real estate have been saved in the system and it is intended the technology to be used for notary services.
Tsulukiani stated that since 2012, when the Georgian Dream came to power, 18 justice houses, 70 community centres, and six regional archives have been opened, providing more than 200 public-private services for local people.
Tsulikiani claimed that thanks to the land registration reform of the Justice Ministry 629,000 lands have been registered by Georgian citizens free of charge.
She announced that a State Inspector’s office will be created which will investigate possible offenses committed by law enforcers.
Speaking about the lawsuit by Georgia against Russia concerning the unlawful deportation of Georgians from Russia in 2006, Tsulukiani stated that Justice Ministry did huge work to win the dispute.
She said that the previous state leadership filed in the lawsuit with the name of 4,634 Georgian citizens and sent the list of 118 individuals only to the European Court of Human Rights.
“We have to find 1,795 people actually after about ten years from the war when the previous state leadership could have done this easily shortly after the armed conflict,” Tsulukiani said.
She said that the Georgian Dream leadership has provided more than 700 pieces of evidence against Russia regarding the Russia-Georgia war.
Tsulukiani said that she is waiting for a pro-Georgian verdict by the European Court of Human Rights on the Russia-Georgia war case either this or the next year.
She stated that the Justice Ministry is making its services available for the people with disabilities, adding that 20 employees of her body have studied the sign language to provide services for the category of people.
The opposition called Tsulukiani “one of the most unsuccessful” ministers, who had done “dirty deals with the founder of the Georgian Dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili” which is the reason she could maintain the post.
