TBILISI, July 21 (RIA Novosti) - Georgia’s new government will be approved in two weeks, Georgian Parliamentary Secretary of Shalva Tadumadze said during a briefing Monday.
“Georgia’s president will present the new government to the parliament within one week to get a vote of confidence. The parliament of Georgia has to consider the vote of confidence within seven days. The whole procedure will take 14 days maximum," Tadumadze stated.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday announced that six ministers and one state minister were relieved of their duties, Georgian news agency Novosti Gruziya reported.
According to the report, the ministers relieved of office include the culture minister, the environment and natural resources minister, the refugee affairs minister, the agriculture minister, the regional development minister, the corrections and probation minister, as well as the diaspora issues minister.
Only two of the above mentioned ministers remain in the Cabinet taking over another ministry. It is still not clear who will head the other ministries.
The Georgian Dream coalition won the country’s 2012 parliamentary elections, while the United National Movement, the ruling party since the Rose Revolution and led by former president Mikheil Saakashvili, became the opposition. A year later, Giorgi Margvelashvili from Georgian Dream won the presidency replacing Saakashvili.
This summer, Georgia held two rounds of local elections that saw Georgian Dream representatives elected in all the country’s regions.
