2022-06-06
The Government of Georgia filed a case today at the Constitutional Court of Georgia on the disputes related to the authority of institutions promulgated in articles of the Constitution of Georgia and Organic Law of Georgia on the Constitutional Court of Georgia.
As commonly known, the current Constitution of Georgia defines the system of parliamentary rule in the country. Within the indicated system, the Government of Georgia is the only supreme body of the executive authority, which "carries out domestic and foreign policies of the country" in line with Article 54.1 of the Constitution of Georgia.
In accordance with principles of parliamentary rule, the Constitution also solidifies the institute of non-executive president as the Constitution does not grant the President of Georgia any authority to engage in the domestic and foreign policies, which is the prerogative of the executive authority.
In accordance with the Constitution of Georgia, it is the exclusive competence of the Government of Georgia to judge whether a performance of any ambassador or diplomatic mission chief in any given circumstance is the most justified in any given state or institution for pursuing the effective foreign policy.
Thus, the Government of Georgia believes that appointment of ambassadors or rejection of a proposal for their dismissal is not a constitutional authority of the President of Georgia.
Considering the above-mentioned, the Government of Georgia seeks clarification on the delineation of authority between the President and Government of Georgia with a constitutional case of litigation in relation to the appointment and dismissal of ambassadors and diplomatic mission chiefs.
Press Service of the Government Administration