Hearing of Supreme Court judicial candidates to start in Legal Affairs Committee on July 6

The hearing of Supreme Court judicial candidates will start at 10 am on July 6 in the Legal Affairs Committee and 2 candidates will be interviewed daily. Candidates will be heard in alphabetical order at the session. Accordingly, Gocha Abuseridze and Giorgi Gogiashvili will be heard on Tuesday. The decision was announced at the Legal Affairs Committee, which agreed on the procedure for public hearing of the candidates.

As Rati Ionatamishvili, secretary of the working group, stated at the sitting, 9 candidates meet the criteria established by the constitution. As he noted, the working checked the authenticity of their higher education diplomas, as well as age criteria, work expertise and disciplinary issues.

According to Anri Okhanashvili, Chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee, the working group considered that the documentation submitted by the candidates was fully compatible with the technical requirements provided by law.

Only the representative of the European Socialists, Fridon Injia, was present at today's session.