Georgian Parliament has elected Shalva Papuashvili, Chairman at Parliamentary Committee for Education and Science, as the new Speaker of Parliament on Wednesday, replacing Kakha Kuchava. Eighty-eight MPs backed his candidacy, while one MP voted against.
In his address, Papuashvili thanked the parliamentary majority for nominating for the post of Parliament Chairman. He said: “This is the greatest honor and responsibility before the public and our political team. Correspondingly, I will do my best to serve our country and people with dignity.”
He pledged to “stand guard over parliamentary sovereignty as the Parliament is the institution in which the power of the people – the source of governmental authority - is expressed to the greatest extent.”
