Statement of NGOs on the necessity of creating an investigative commission in the Parliament of Georgia
27.12.2022
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NGOs welcome the initiative which envisions the creation of an investigative commission regarding the current state of the court and encourages the Georgian parliament to support it.
On September 22 of the current year, non-governmental organizations and public groups addressed the Parliament of Georgia with a request to set up an investigative commission to study the situation in the judicial system. The issue concerns the facts of pressure on judges, improper interference in the judiciary, nepotism, and alleged concealment of income from judges. Law enforcement agencies have not responded effectively to these facts. We consider the creation of a parliamentary investigative commission as the only way to answer several questions accumulated in society regarding the situation in the judicial system. Accordingly, we welcome the initiative of the MPs to set up the investigative commission and call on the Parliament of Georgia to support the establishment of the commission. We express our willingness to cooperate with the investigative commission and express our readiness to present all the information available to us, as well as help in finding additional sources.
Group of independent lawyers, "Democracy Index Georgia", "Democracy Research Institute", "Georgian Court Watch", "Georgian Young Lawyers 'Association", "Human Rights Center".
2022 September 14 - immediately after the interview was published in the legislative body, opposition MPs held a briefing on this issue. MPs requested the prosecutor's office to respond to the law and start an investigation.
2022 September 22 - Civil Society released a statement.
As a result of an interview published on www.courtwatch.ge on September 14, with former judge Ana Gheleqva, she was questioned.
On September 22 of the current year, non-governmental organizations and public groups addressed the Parliament of Georgia with a request to set up an investigative commission to study the situation in the judicial system. The issue concerns the facts of pressure on judges, improper interference in the judiciary, nepotism, and alleged concealment of income from judges. Law enforcement agencies have not responded effectively to these facts. We consider the creation of a parliamentary investigative commission as the only way to answer several questions accumulated in society regarding the situation in the judicial system. Accordingly, we welcome the initiative of the MPs to set up the investigative commission and call on the Parliament of Georgia to support the establishment of the commission. We express our willingness to cooperate with the investigative commission and express our readiness to present all the information available to us, as well as help in finding additional sources.
Group of independent lawyers, "Democracy Index Georgia", "Democracy Research Institute", "Georgian Court Watch", "Georgian Young Lawyers 'Association", "Human Rights Center".
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September 2022, 14 - Georgian Court Watch published an interview with the former judge of the Kutaisi City Court, Ana Gheleqva, which later served as the basis for the statements of MPs and civil society.2022 September 14 - immediately after the interview was published in the legislative body, opposition MPs held a briefing on this issue. MPs requested the prosecutor's office to respond to the law and start an investigation.
2022 September 22 - Civil Society released a statement.
As a result of an interview published on www.courtwatch.ge on September 14, with former judge Ana Gheleqva, she was questioned.
