The first session of the Parliament of the 11th convocation will begin on November 25 at 12:00.
As the chairman of the parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, said, the first session will be chaired by the elected senior deputy, Lado Kakhadze.
"As you know, the first session of the newly elected parliament must be held no later than the tenth day after the official announcement of the results. Also, you know and it is publicly visible that Salome Zourabichvili continues to violate the Constitution of Georgia and does not appoint the first session. The first session of the Parliament of Georgia will be held on November 25, at 12:00. The CEC has already made a statement that the temporary mandates of the elected members have already been prepared by the CEC, therefore all the elected members should take this temporary mandate from the CEC. On November 25, from 11:00, written registration will begin. Registration of the newly elected members will be held near the parliament session hall, and at 12:00 the session of the newly elected parliament will begin, which will be chaired by its senior member Lado Kakhadze. The first item on the agenda is the certificate of authority. The chairman of the CEC is also involved in this process. After his report, the parliament will recognize the powers of all 150 members of the parliament and put this issue to a vote, after which the factions will already be formed, this will happen during the break. After the break, the candidacy and then election of the Speaker of the Parliament and his deputies are already taking place. Then a break is announced again, during which the committees are formed and after that, at the re-session, the chairpersons of the committee are elected. Accordingly, at the first session, we will have three main issues: recognition of the powers of the Parliament and its members, election of the chairman and his deputies, and election of committee chairmen.
During the week, the agenda will also include marking the date of the election of the president and the declaration of confidence in the new government, along with the government program. Accordingly, next week, together with the notification of the authority of the Parliament, we will declare confidence in the government.
As for the procedure for electing the president, the CEC is already involved in the process of holding these elections after the date is set. After the appointment of the date, the CEC forms an electoral college consisting of 300 members, among these 300 members are all 150 members of the parliament, and the other half is formed from twenty members of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, 21 members of the Supreme Council of Adjara, the remaining 109 members are already formed from representatives of the self-government, In accordance with the proportion obtained in the elections in 2021. This proportion is also determined by the CEC", said Shalva Papuashvili.
