The Government withdraws the constitutional lawsuits against the President

The Government of Georgia withdrew lawsuits regarding the constitutionality of the President of Georgia's inaction on the issue of appointing and dismissing Georgian ambassadors and heads of diplomatic missions. The information is disseminated by the Constitutional Court itself.

According to them, the government applied to the court on January 11 to withdraw the lawsuits.

For information, a few months ago, the Government of Georgia accused the President of inaction regarding the appointment of ambassadors and heads of diplomatic missions and filed lawsuits in the Constitutional Court on June 10, 2022 to clarify the constitutionality of her actions.

According to the lawsuit, in March 2022, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Davit Zalkaliani, appealed to the President of Georgia and proposed to the President of Georgia to appoint Davit Bakradze to the position of Permanent Representative to the United Nations, and Kakha Imnadze to the position of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to Canada. At the same time, the Government of Georgia, within the framework of its authority, addressed to the President of Georgia with a submission regarding the premature termination of the authority of Kakha Imnadze as the Permanent Representative of the United Nations. The President of Georgia refused to accept the mentioned submissions and explained that in the current situation, she did not consider it appropriate to appoint the indicated candidates to the respective positions.

According to the position of the Government of Georgia, the President of Georgia, by rejecting the nominations and not acting, which was manifested in the non-appointment of the nominated candidates, directly invaded the exclusive constitutional authority of the Government of Georgia to implement the country's foreign policy.