Lawyers protest outside Supreme Court, where selection of Supreme Court judicial candidates is to begin

Lawyers are protesting in front of the Supreme Court, where the procedure for selecting Supreme Court judicial candidates for the submission to the Parliament is to begin. According to the protesters, there is no free court in Georgia and the current interview process serves only the interests of the "clan".

According to GYLA lawyer Vakhushti Menabdi, it is unfortunate that no one from the government tried to change the situation in court.

“The "clan" must go. The rule of an influential group of judges must end in the judiciary. These people are using justice for their own interests and not for the interests of justice," Menabde said.

According to Mamuka Akhvlediani, former chairman of the Tbilisi City Court, the existing judicial system in the country needs to be changed and the rule of the "clan" must end.

"We need systemic changes. The situation in the judiciary has deteriorated. Obviously, I do not insult all judges, but a large part of them make decisions before the trial takes place”, he said.

Unfortunately, I do not want to talk about it but there are corruption suspicions, political influence and attempts to please the government. "They do not even need to call anymore, they are directly ready to fulfill all tasks," Mamuka Akhvlediani said.