Tbilisi. The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary is concerned by the nomination of candidates for the Supreme Court Justice position by the High Council of Justice (HCOJ) on December 24.

''The nomination was made without observing any procedure, and a majority of the candidates nominated are associated with unlawful and unjust justice for the society. It is clear that confirmation of the nominated candidates by the Parliament will bring about a further strengthening of clan governance of the judiciary and will make independence of the judiciary an impossible feat for the decades to come.

Based on all of above, the Coalition calls on the Parliament of Georgia to:

decline the list of the candidates nominated for the Supreme Court appointment;

immediately start working on legislative amendments which will bring the rules and criteria for selecting Supreme Court justices in line with the Constitution and international standards;

start the selection process of Supreme Court justices only after adopting the legislative amendments and nominate the candidates anew, following the rules that are established'', is noted in the statement.

Source: coalition.ge