The Constitutional Court published a conclusion on the impeachment submission of the President.
In particular, the court determined that there was a violation of the country's Constitution on the party of the President Salome Zourabichvili by making unauthorized visits to Europe. In addition, as the Chairman of the court noted, three judges - Irina Imerlishvili, Giorgi Kverenchkhiladze and Teimuraz Tughushi - expressed a different opinion on the conclusion.
"On August 31, 2023, during her working visits abroad on September 1 and 6, the President of Georgia exercised her representative authority in the field of foreign relations without the consent of the Government of Georgia, thus violating the provisions of Article 52, Article 1, Subpoint "a" of the Constitution of Georgia. Court concludes that the above is a violation of the Constitution.
The conclusion is valid from the moment it is published on the website of the Constitutional Court of Georgia. The decision is final and not subject to appeal or revision. The different opinion of the judges, Irine Imerlishvili, Giorgi Kverenchkhiladze and Teimuraz Tughushi, should be attached to the conclusion," said Merab Turava, Chairman of the Constitutional Court, while reading the court's conclusion.
For information, the basis for the initiation of the impeachment process against the President of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili by the ruling team became the foreign visits made by the President, for which the government did not give consent to Salome Zourabichvili. The issue of impeaching the President was decided on September 1 at the meeting of the political council of the Georgian Dream party. The Constitutional Court considered the impeachment submission of the President for 3 days.
The votes of 100 deputies are needed to impeach the President, which means that the support of the opposition along with the members of Georgian Dream will be needed to remove the President.
