CEC TO CONSIDER QUESTION OF DIVISIONAL COMMITTEES ON MAY 16
(Daily News: May 15, 2002)
Today the Tbilisi district court rejected a claim of three private individuals against the Central Election Committee (CEC). The decision is final and cannot be appealed.
PLANS TO UNITE FINANCE AND TAX REVENUES MINISTRIES CAUSED RESIGNATION OF THE MINISTERS, SAYS PRESIDENT
(Daily News: May 13, 2002)
Commenting at today's briefing on the recent resignation of the finance and tax revenues ministers Georgian President said he personally had nothing against them yet time had come to unite the Finance and Tax Revenues Ministries.
According to Eduard Shevardnadze, a new type of leader is to take charge of the Ministry and the Anti-corruption Council Secretary Mirian Gogiashvili seems to best suit this purpose.
PRE-ELECTION REGROUPINGS
(Weekly Press Digest: May 12, 2002)
The political situation several weeks before the elections (the local elections are scheduled on June 2) is extremely tense, Rezonansi writes, adding the opposing sides employ compromising materials during the pre-election campaign.
The newspaper notes the reformers’ team (of Ex-Speaker Zurab Zhvania) turned up in a rather difficult situation, which even more complicated last week.
PARLIAMENT SUPPORTS PRESIDENT'S INITIATIVE TO UNITE FINANCE AND TAX REVENUES MINISTRIES
(Daily News: May 10, 2002)
Parliament approved today the proposal to unite the Finance and Tax Revenues Ministries with an overwhelming majority of votes. 155 deputies voted in favor, 2 - against.
PARLIAMENT COMMITTEES LEFT WITHOUT CHAIRMEN
(Daily News: May 10, 2002)
At today's Parliament session chairmen of 15 committees declared by turns their decision to step down, except for Defense and Security Committee head Giorgi Baramidze, who disagreed to resign voluntarily. The question was put to vote - 188 deputies voted in favor of his resignation, 27 - against.
RIFT WITHIN CITIZENS UNION WIDENS
(Daily News: May 10, 2002)
The Supreme court ruled against a claim of the ex-speaker Zurab Zhvania, thus leaving in force the decision of the Tbilisi district court on the suspension of activities of the Citizens' Union (CU) Organization Committee. KakhaAslanishvili, attorney of the ex-speaker's team, said they would appeal against the decision beyond Georgia's borders, in Strasbourg.
DIVISIONAL ELECTION COMMITTEES NOT STAFFED
(Daily News: May 8, 2002)
The Central Election Committee (CEC) has cancelled its decision on staffing the divisional committees in Tbilisi because of an emerged violation. 20 bulletins were found after voting while there are only 19 members in the committee.
CITIZENS' UNION PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL ELECTION UNDER QUESTION MARK
(Daily News: May 7, 2002)
Tbilisi district court, in which on May 4 a Citizens' Union (CU) member Gela Kvaratskhelia and his supporters brought an action for the liquidation of an organizing committee, has postponed the consideration of the case to the end of May and suspended the registration of the party, while the deadline for introducing party lists is due on May 8.
Kvaratskhelia, who is considered to be close to the President's representative in the Kvemo Kartli region Levan Mamaladze, the ex-speaker Zurab Zhvania's opponent, regards the organizing committee of CU as illegal, which adopts wrong decisions on behalf of the party.
SWINGING FISCAL-BUDGETARY POLICY
(Weekly Economic Review: May 4, 2002)
People say everything new is the well-forgotten old, which refers well to the impending unification of the Finance and Tax Revenues Ministries. The top story last week became the resignation of the heads of the ministries - Zurab Nogaideli, now ex-minister of finance, and Levan Dzneladze, ex-minister of tax revenues.
FINANCE AND TAX REVENUES MINISTRIES TO UNITE UNDER NEW HEAD
(Daily News: May 3, 2002)
Yesterday the Finance Minister Zurab Nogaideli and Tax Revenues Minister Levan Dzneladze resigned after a failure to meet budget parameters for April. The Finance and Tax Revenues Ministries are now assumed to unite under the current head of the Anti-Corruption Council Mirian Gogiashvili.
CONTROL CHAMBER NEGATIVELY EVALUATES GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT ON BUDGET –2001 IMPLEMENTATION
(Daily News: May 2, 2002)
Account on budget-2001 implementation which was to be submitted at the Parliament plenary session next week was considered at the Financial-Budgetary Committee today.
Control Chamber Chairman Sulkhan Molashvili qualified the document as “inaccurate and obscure” stressing despite time and again cutback of parameters, the budget was not implemented.
THE FOUR MONTHS’ BUDGET PARAMETERS NOT IMPLEMENTED
(Daily News: May 2, 2002)
According to preliminary data, state budget-2002 revenues plan for the four months is only 88% implemented. Instead of the scheduled 299.8 million Lari actually 263.1 Lari entered the state budget.
EARTHQUAKE IN TBILISI – FIRST CONSEQUENCES
(Weekly Economic Review: April 27, 2002)
The 25 April earthquake in Tbilisi showed once again a danger of leaving without attention not very important issues on the surface of it, citing the scarcity of state budget funds.
The case has served as a reminder of the necessity of seismologic observations actually not carried out in the country due to the absence of financing.
SHEVARDNADZE RAISES QUESTION OF CONTROL OVER GRANTS AFRESH
(Daily News: April 24, 2002)
Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze noted the need to look into the situation with foreign grants, part of which is appropriated, at a government session today.
Things might come to the point when international terrorist organizations under the guise of non-governmental organizations (NGO) will be able to get financing for their activities in Georgia, said President.
PARLIAMENT CONTINUES TO DISCUSS MECHANISM OF HOLDING QUALIFYING TEST FOR LAWYERS
(Daily News: April 23, 2002)
The Juridical Committee today considered conditions of holding qualifying tests of lawyers, the first stage of which is due to be held on June 22.
An Agordzineba MP Valeri Gelbakhiani (a lawyer by profession) suggested increasing the number of members of the qualifying commission, members of which under acting legislation are named by the Justice Council.
PARTIES PRE-ELECTION REGISTRATION UNDER WAY
(Daily News: April 23, 2002)
According to the Central Election Commission, 15 parties and 6 blocs have already registered. Local self-government elections, which were postponed in autumn last year, are due to be held on June 2.
WORLD BANK FUTURE SOCIAL PROJECTS IN GEORGIA CONSIDERED
(Daily News: April 23, 2002)
The State Minister Avtandil Jorbenadze, the head of the WB mission in Georgia Tevfik Yaprak and the head of social welfare programs of the bank Alexandra Pozarak considered plans for setting up new projects at a meeting today.
The State Minister suggested, in particular, setting up a united program for the Social Investment Fund and the municipal development project, the first stage of which is ending this year.
THE EX-SPEAKER TEAM TO FINALLY DETERMINE ITS POSITION TOWARD THE CITIZENS’ UNION TILL THE END OF THE MONTH
(Daily News: April 19, 2002)
At today’s briefing Ex-Speaker Zurab Zhvania informed he would take the final decision after consultations with the Country’s President, his supporters and the society.
In case the President consents to the Citizens’ Union reorganization (which, according to the Ex-Speaker, is in a difficult condition), Zhvania and his supporters “are ready to relinquish the Party”.
SITUATION WITH BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION IS BETTER THIS YEAR YET PROBLEMS REMAIN
(Daily News: April 18, 2002)
Today the Parliament Financial-Budgetary Committee considered 1st quarter results. The Committee head Zaza Sioridze noted despite the improvement of the situation compared with the similar period last year, the budget is not completely implemented on any of the levels.
MPS NOTE AGAINST ESCALATING TENSION IN KODORY THE POWER STRUCTURES REMAIN UNDERFINANCED
(Daily News: April 18, 2002)
Deputy Iveri Chelidze said today armed forces of the Abkhazian separatists and the Russian militaries are being concentrated on the territory adjoining the Kodory gorge. The Deputy (the President’s former representative in Kodory) warned about possible complication of the situation in the gorge, which is the only territory of Abkhazia, controlled by Tbilisi.
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