Interviews for selecting the CEC chairperson and member candidates to start today
The interviews for selecting the Central Election Commission chairperson and member candidates will start today.
As Nikoloz Simonishvili, GYLA Chairman and a member of the selection commission set up by the President of Georgia, told reporters, the interview process shall end tomorrow and the selected candidates should be presented to the President.
"11 applications were submitted to the CEC chairperson, 8 of them reached the interview stage, three were rejected because they had submitted unclear documents, mostly in non-Georgian language. The documents of 2 of these 8 candidates are defective and they have time until 12:00 to correct them.
As for the CEC candidates, 17 applications were submitted, one of which was rejected due to the fact that no document was attached to the application. 16 moved on to the interview stage. There is a drawback with one out of these 16 and we expect it to be corrected. The interview will be today and tomorrow, during the day. During the interview, we will check their professionalism, high professional credibility, independence, impartiality and good faith. When we talk about highly professional credibility, it should be judged by their past performance. How the candidate presents himself/herself at the interview will also be of great importance. The commission must make a decision by tomorrow at the latest and present it to the president. No later than three days from now, the President will make a decision on whether to submit the candidates we have sent to the Parliament of Georgia. The President will nominate two candidates for each vacant position. The final decision will be made by the parliament", - Simonishvili said.
For reference, the President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili issued an ordinance on July 1 on holding an open competition for the selection of CEC chairperson and membership candidates and the establishment of a competition commission. Former CEC chairperson Tamar Zhvania resigned on July 1.
