President under fire for refusing to nominate new Georgian Supreme Court head
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has come under fire from civil society groups as well as ruling party and opposition MPs for refusing to nominate a candidate to head the Supreme Court. Some critics warned the move could allow a ‘dominant group of judges’ on Georgia’s High Council of Justice to strengthen their grip over the judiciary. The President’s administration announced a nomination would be pointless ‘due to the absence of consensus’, after the ruling Georgian Dream Party ref