Experts comment on recent scandal involving Georgian Prosecutor General

A scandal stirred Georgian society this week. According to recently published data the country's Prosecutor General Otar Partskhaladze has been convicted. The official doesn't deny the reports. The issue has been used by the opposition to enhance its criticism. Vestnik Kavkaza discussed the matter with two Georgian ministers.

The head of the Security and International Relations Research Centre, Nika Chitadze, believes that the scandal has greatly damaged the reputation of the ruling Georgian Dream coalition. Many people who supported the coalition may now change their political affiliation, he says. Many Georgians have already expressed general apathy and indifference to politics. This tendency will probably grow in the future, Partskhaladze believes.

The head of the Strategic and International Research Fund, Alexander Rondeli, agrees that the crisis is a great challenge for the ruling coalition. According to the expert, the only possible way out is for the Prosecutor General to resign from office.