The new Prosecutor General will be elected by Parliament upon the nomination of the Prosecutorial Council. To be elected, the candidate must receive the support of the majority of the full composition of Parliament — at least 76 MPs. The Prosecutor General is elected for a term of 6 years.
Before the parliamentary procedure begins, the process starts in the Prosecutorial Council.
According to the Law on the Prosecutor's Office, no later than 6 months before the expiration of the term of the Prosecutor General — or immediately, in the case of early termination — the Prosecutorial Council begins a one-month consultation process to select candidates for the position. These consultations are conducted with academic circles, representatives of civil society, and experts in the field of law.
As a result of the consultations, the Prosecutorial Council selects at least three candidates for Prosecutor General, of whom at least one-third must be of a different gender.
Each candidate is voted on separately during a session of the Prosecutorial Council. The vote is held by secret ballot. The candidate who receives the most votes — but no less than two-thirds of the full composition of the Council — is considered elected. If two or more candidates receive an equal number of votes, the vote of the Chairperson of the Prosecutorial Council is decisive. If no candidate receives the required number of votes, a second round is held between the two candidates with the best results. If no candidate receives at least two-thirds of the full composition of the Council in the second round either, the Council must select other candidates following the same procedure within one week.
The Prosecutorial Council submits the selected candidate to Parliament with the appropriate justification.
As a reminder, Prosecutor General Giorgi Gabitashvili has been nominated by Parliamentary Speaker Shalva Papuashvili for the position of Auditor General.
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