PM Irakli Gharibashvili announces competition to elect the head of Anti-Corruption Bureau
By Liza Mchedlidze
Friday, January 1, 2023
The Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Gharibashvili, opened the first session of the competition commission for the selection of candidates for the head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau in the government administration.
According to the government administration, at the meeting, the members of the commission, on the basis of voting, elected Revaz Javelidze, the head of the government administration, as the chairman of the competition commission.
"By Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili's order No. 289 of December 22, 2022, a competition was announced to select a candidate for the head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, and a competition commission was created, and by order No. 304 of December 30, 2022, the composition of the commission was determined.
The members of the competition commission are Revaz Javelidze, head of government administration; Mikheil Sarjveladze, Chairman of the Human Rights Protection and Civil Integration Committee of the Parliament; Anri Okhanashvili, Chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Parliament; Giorgi Mikautadze, Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court; First Deputy Prosecutor General Bakur Abuladze; Acting Public Defender Tamar Gvaramadze; Aleksandre Kevkhishvili, representative of "Transparency International - Georgia".
Based on the changes made in the legislation of Georgia, a legal entity under public law - the Anti-Corruption Bureau was created, which will carry out its activities independently and will be accountable to the Parliament of Georgia and the Interagency Anti-Corruption Council.
The anti-corruption bureau will be headed by the head of the anti-corruption bureau, who will be selected through competition by the competition commission composed of representatives of state agencies and civil society. As a result of the competition, no less than 2 and no more than 5 candidates will be selected. The head of the anti-corruption bureau will be appointed by the Prime Minister of Georgia for a period of 6 years," the government administration stated.
