Parliament passes bill on election of chief prosecutor with its first reading

The  Parliament of Georgia on Tuesday passed the draft constitutional amendments regarding the procedure for electing the Prosecutor General.

126 deputies voted in favor of the changes.

According to the draft law, the Parliament of the next two convocations will elect the Prosecutor General with a three-fifths majority of the full composition, or 90 votes.

If the Parliament fails to elect the Prosecutor General twice, then the Prosecutor General will be elected by the majority of the entire composition, i.e. 76 votes, and in this case the term of office of the Prosecutor General will be one year, not six years, as it is envisaged in the case of election with 90 votes.

In addition, during the election of the Prosecutor General at the plenary session of the Parliament, the second and third voting shall be held no earlier than the 28th day after the corresponding previous voting, and the same candidate shall be voted for.

The changes are one of the 12 recommendations that Georgia must implement in order to obtain the status of a candidate country of the European Union.