The acting Chair of the ruling “Georgian Dream” (GD) party, Irakli Kobakhidze, has been nominated as the country’s new Prime Minister at the party’s congress on February 1.
According to Article 80 of the Georgian Constitution, Kobakhidze now needs 76 votes (simple majority) from all 150 members of the Georgian Parliament for final approval as Prime Minister, and since Georgian Dream has a majority in the Parliament, it is expected that he will have no problem getting the approval.
At today’s Congress, Irakli Garibashvili, the former Prime Minister of Georgia, who had resigned from his post on January 29, was endorsed by the Political Council as the Chairman of the “Georgian Dream.”
On December 30, Bidzina Ivanishvili officially returned to politics for the third time, becoming “honorary chairman” of the “Georgian Dream” party. Speaking at the GD party congress, Ivanishvili said that the reason for his return was “to protect the excessively strong team from human temptation.”
In his first comments after the party congress on December 30, Ivanishvili said that the country’s Prime Minister would not be changed. Ivanishvili also said there would be no changes in the cabinet or within the ruling party.