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1. IMPEACHMENT FAR AND WIDE!
   (Weekly Press Digest: November 3, 2002)

   “Shevardnadze’s impeachment is going to become the subject of the current week”, Rezonansi predicted on Monday. And so it happened.

2. UNITED DEMOCRATS PLEDGE TO COME TO POWER
   (Daily News: November 1, 2002)

   Zurab Zhvania, the United Democrats leader, announced the intention of the party today to win forthcoming Parliamentary and presidential elections. He said United Democrats presented the “very force that was able to replace the authority through democratic elections”.

3. UNITED DEMOCRATS DEDICATE FORUM TO THE QUESTIONS OF FOREIGN POLICY AND SECURITY
   (Daily News: October 29, 2002)

   Zurab Zhvania, the leader of United Democrats, said at today’s forum that foreign policy is the sphere regarding which his party has least pretenses towards Georgia’s authorities.

   According to Zhvania, among the party’s priorities are theorientation towards the West and Georgia’s entrance into the EU and the NATO.

4. WORK ON ILLEGAL INCOME LEGALIZATION BILL CONTINUES
   (Daily News: October 23, 2002)

   The document that gathers up both the Ministry and the National Bank’s (NB) positions has not yet been prepared, Zurab Anteladze, head of the Department of the Finance Ministry, told Sarke. He said hot debates over the mechanism of the financial monitoring were underway.

5. BATUMI BLOC’S THREE FACTIONS DEMAND PRESIDENT’S IMPEACHMENT
   (Daily News: October 22, 2002)

   At today’s closed-doors meeting of Agordzineba, United Georgia and 21^st Century, the factions of the Agordzineba bloc, decided to raise the question on the President’s impeachment.

   The factions say the President has violated the 69 and 71 articles of the Constitution, as he failed to guarantee the country’s integrity, the security and well being of the population, observing of the constitution by the state organs.

6. THE ECHO OF THE PARLIAMENT’S DEMARCHE
   (Weekly Press Digest: October 20, 2002)

   Naturally, the newspapers continue to traverse on the subject of the five factions’ demarche, after the President’s speech at Parliament on October 11. The first, mostly emotional responses were followed by the attempts to analyze the situation.

7. AMENDMENTS PLANNED INTO THE LAW “ON INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY CONTROL”
   (Daily News: October 17, 2002)

   The Land Management Department considers the operation of the law has virtually paralyzed its activity on accounting the lots, owned by enterprises. Today Economic Policy Committee’s session considered the amendments, offered by the Department.

8. FINANCE MINISTRY CONSIDERS NGOS’ DEMANDS
   (Daily News: October 16, 2002)

   On October 11, Finance Minister Mirian Gogiashvili signed decree #325, envisaging alterations into the September 24 decree #301 on monitoring of the humanitarian aid.

   The September’s decree caused dissatisfaction of the non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

9. CREDIT BUREAU TO BE CREATED
   (Daily News: October 15, 2002)

   Zurab Gvasalia, president of the Association of Banks, told Sarke, making amendments to the law on commercial banks was necessary for the creation of a credit bureau. Supposedly, the bill will be introduced to Parliament by the end of the year.

10. THE AUTUMN OF THE PATRIARCH: FROM THE KISHINEV MEETING TO THE TBILISI SOLITUDE
    (Weekly Press Digest: October 13, 2002)

    It is not surprising, that against the background of the very tense Georgian-Russian relations, the Kishinev’s meeting between Shevardnadze and Putin was meant to become the event of the week (and not only of the week). We should remind that even the President’s annual address to the Parliament, postponed from spring to autumn, was re-postponed – this time “after the summit”.

11. PARLIAMENT’S DEMARCHE AFTER PRESIDENT’S TRADITIONAL SPEECH
    (Daily News: October 11, 2002)

    After Georgian President made his traditional annual speech in Parliament today, David Gamkrelidze, the New Rights leader, expressed dissatisfaction with it on behalf of the opposition factions. The factions Traditionalists, United Democrats, New Rights, Movement for Democratic Reforms and New Abkhazia left the session hall in protest.

12. MPS DEMAND UNVEILING INFORMATION ON MP
    (Daily News: October 8, 2002)

    Gia Baramidze, chairman of the United Democrats faction, suggested at a session of Parliament today adopting a resolution under which the General Prosecutor’s Office would have to introduce to Parliament information on offences committed by MPs, as well as the explanation for not holding them responsible.

    Baramidze explained that the proposal aimed at putting the lid on blackmailing MPs by the executive authorities.

13. A NET OF SEISMIC STATIONS TO BE ESTABLISHED IN GEORGIA
    (Daily News: October 2, 2002)

    Altogether 18 seismic stations, including six in Tbilisi, are to be established throughout Georgia, stated Zurab Javakhishvili, the Seismic Protection Service’s head.

    The Service has no funds to establish the stations and is looking for the budget funding.

14. FINANCE MINISTRY: PLAN OF NON-TAX REVENUES NOT FULFILLED, PLAN OF TAXING REVENUES – EXCEEDED
    (Daily News: October 2, 2002)

    Zurab Soselia, the deputy Finance Minister said at today’s Government session, that for the 8 months the budget failed to receive 8.7 million Lari by the article on non-tax revenues. Altogether, 53 million Lari, or 85.9% of the planned volume has entered the budget.

15. PARLIAMENT SCANDAL UNDER THE MATURING PANKISI SPECIAL OPERATION AND THE WEST’S BACKING
    (Weekly Press Digest: September 29, 2002)

    In its September 24 issue, 24 Saati cited Interior Minister Koba Narchemashvili, currently heading the operation staff, as saying that the active phase of the anti-criminal operation will end in 10 days, and that the rapid information will be revised. On September 26 the newspaper specified, that, according to the Georgian power officials, there are no Chechen warriors in the Gorge, and that drug business is the operation’s only target.

16. COUNCIL OF EUROPE BACKS GEORGIA
    (Daily News: September 26, 2002)

    Ex-speaker Zurab Zhvania has expressed satisfaction with the results of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which had adopted a resolution on relations between Georgia and Russia on September 25. Zhvania said in the Parliament today that despite Russia’s unsuccessful bid to undermine the resolution, representatives of all countries (except for 11 members of the Russian delegation) had backed it.

17. AUTHORITIES PROMISE TO PAY DEBTS TO FORMER SOVIET BANK DEPOSITORS
    (Daily News: September 25, 2002)

    The debt to depositors of former soviet banks will be paid periodically from 2003. The Deputy Finance Minister, Zurab Soselia, introduced adequate draft amendments at a government session today.

18. PRESIDENT’S REPRESENTATIVE IN SAMEGRELO: TEA PLANTATIONS IN THE REGION REQUIRE URGENT AID
    (Daily News: September 19, 2002)

    According to Bondo Jikia, the President’s representative in Samegrelo – Zemo Svaneti region, the plantations in the region will need 14 million Lari urgent help next year. Jikia says in case at least half of the sum is not obtained, tea cultivation in the region will face extinction.

19. ZHVANIA CALLS FOR UNITY
    (Daily News: September 17, 2002)

    During today’s special briefing Zurab Zhvania, the ex-speaker, voiced criticism towards Russia and the Russian mass media.

    The ex-speaker refuted Russian journalists’ interpretation of his position.

20. PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE FAILED TO CONSIDER PRESIDENT’S VETO
    (Daily News: September 6, 2002)

    Today the Branch Economy Committee was considering the Presidential veto on the bill “on independent regulating commissions”. However, due to absence of necessary quorum the decision was not taken.

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