Interregnum mode of Georgia

There won't be a quick change of government in Georgia, it was announced today after President Giorgi Margvelashvili refused to sign Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili's list of candidates.Irakli Garibashvili planned to present a list of candidates to the President on Thursday, but later decided to postpone the event to May 1st. Tariel Khechikashvili, the President of the Iberia Business Group, was named as a candidate for the position of Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs. Republican MP Gigla Abulashvili was named as a candidate for the Minister of Environmental Protection, and Tina Khidasheli was named as the candidate for the Defense Minister. All other ministers retain their posts.However, Giorgi Margvelashvili did not like Garibashvili's new version of the Cabinet. In a statement explaining why the president refused to sign the list of Garibashvili, he suggested that the prime minister and the parliament should adopt "a balanced solution.""I want to give the opportunity to both the Prime Minister and the Parliament to carry out consultations in a calmer atmosphere and define the composition of the cabinet. I use the only constitutional lever available for me in this situation and for a week I will delay my signature, which I was due to put under the list of cabinet members," Margvelashvili said.The president made it clear that one of the reasons for such an action is his dissatisfaction with the change of defense minister. "I want to remind everyone that we are facing difficult challenges. As the commander-in-chief, I want to ask a question: how frequently should we replace defense ministers?" he said, responding to the fact that Garibashvili presented Tina Khidasheli as the first female Minister of Defence of Georgia immediately after the resignation of Dzhanelidze."The president has the constitutional right to use the 7-day period and he is using it. So I don"t see any problem," the candidate submitted by Garibashvili, Tina Khidasheli, said.The head of the Institute of Management Strategy, Petre Mamradze, said that we won't see the final composition of the new government of Georgia soon. "Alas, a team that understands what deep, extensive and very important reforms are needed for Georgia to save the state and the economy doesn't exist," he said.The head of the Center for Global Studies, Nana Devdariani, in her turn, stressed that there will be difficulties in the process of forming a new cabinet with the parliament.

There won't be a quick change of government in Georgia, it was announced today after President Giorgi Margvelashvili refused to sign Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili's list of candidates.

Irakli Garibashvili planned to present a list of candidates to the President on Thursday, but later decided to postpone the event to May 1st. Tariel Khechikashvili, the President of the Iberia Business Group, was named as a candidate for the position of Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs. Republican MP Gigla Abulashvili was named as a candidate for the Minister of Environmental Protection, and Tina Khidasheli was named as the candidate for the Defense Minister. All other ministers retain their posts.

However, Giorgi Margvelashvili did not like Garibashvili's new version of the Cabinet. In a statement explaining why the president refused to sign the list of Garibashvili, he suggested that the prime minister and the parliament should adopt "a balanced solution."

"I want to give the opportunity to both the Prime Minister and the Parliament to carry out consultations in a calmer atmosphere and define the composition of the cabinet. I use the only constitutional lever available for me in this situation and for a week I will delay my signature, which I was due to put under the list of cabinet members," Margvelashvili said.

The president made it clear that one of the reasons for such an action is his dissatisfaction with the change of defense minister. "I want to remind everyone that we are facing difficult challenges. As the commander-in-chief, I want to ask a question: how frequently should we replace defense ministers?" he said, responding to the fact that Garibashvili presented Tina Khidasheli as the first female Minister of Defence of Georgia immediately after the resignation of Dzhanelidze.

"The president has the constitutional right to use the 7-day period and he is using it. So I don"t see any problem," the candidate submitted by Garibashvili, Tina Khidasheli, said.

The head of the Institute of Management Strategy, Petre Mamradze, said that we won't see the final composition of the new government of Georgia soon. "Alas, a team that understands what deep, extensive and very important reforms are needed for Georgia to save the state and the economy doesn't exist," he said.

The head of the Center for Global Studies, Nana Devdariani, in her turn, stressed that there will be difficulties in the process of forming a new cabinet with the parliament.