Tbilisi. The Coalition provides an opinion on the process as a result of which the President of Georgia presented several candidates to fill the Supreme Court’s vacant seats.

''We believe that the following recommendations shall be considered in the process of nomination of judicial candidates for the Supreme Court in order to overcome the current crisis in the judicial system and ensure effectiveness of the reforms.

Openness and transparency of the selection process for the Supreme Court shall be institutionalized in order to establish a good practice;

The process of selection of candidates shall be open and transparent. This will ensure active involvement of the public and discussions on these issues in order to promote democratic values, respect to human rights and ideas of equality in the highest instance of justice system;

Under present circumstances, the Parliament of Georgia shall consider the facts that have become public in relation to one of the nominated candidates before making a decision with respect to the candidates for the Supreme Court membership”, is noted in the statement. 

Source: idfi.ge