The Parliament of Georgia cannot recognize the authority of the elected members until the dispute in the Constitutional Court is over, the Young Lawyers Association of Georgia has announced.
GYLA explains the rule, what happens in the event that the legality of the election of the newly elected members of the Parliament is challenged in the Constitutional Court and how the first session will be held.
"The first session of the newly elected parliament is authorized to start work if at least 76 deputies attend it. After the opening of the session, a temporary mandate commission is established in the parliament. At the very first session, the Chairman of the CEC will hand over to him the necessary documentation for the recognition of the powers of the members of the Parliament.
The Temporary Credentials Commission will study these documents and reflect the results in a draft resolution, where the names of the elected deputies should be reflected in order to recognize the authority. It should be noted that the document will not include the name and surname of the person whose legality of election has been challenged in the Constitutional Court or the General Court, as well as whose legality has been considered questionable by the temporary mandate commission of the Parliament. After the final summary of the election results by the CEC, the President of Georgia applied to the Constitutional Court with a lawsuit, demanding that the election results be recognized as unconstitutional.
Accordingly, this lawsuit challenges the legality of the election of 150 members. The Temporary Credentials Commission shall not include the name and surname of any elected member in the relevant resolution. In this case, the Parliament will not be able to recognize the authority of at least 100 deputies, which will lead to the termination of the first session of the Parliament. When it becomes possible to raise the issue of at least 100 deputies' authorization before the Parliament, the Chairman of the CEC will convene a session of the Parliament within 10 days of this event.
Thus, the Parliament of Georgia cannot recognize the authority of the elected members until the dispute in the Constitutional Court is over," GYLA wrote.
