Georgian Minister of Justice, Rati Bregadze, said that foreigners currently do not have the right to vote in Georgia, according to the “Georgia.Online” news. This is how the founder of the opposition United National Movement party reacted to plans to nominate former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili as prime minister in 2024.
“The question of whether a citizen of another country should become the Prime Minister of Georgia and enter politics is really funny. The participation of a citizen of a foreign state in Georgian politics cannot occur in this way. He needs Georgian citizenship, ”explained Bregadze.
As the head of the Georgian Ministry of Justice noted, Saakashvili currently does not have republican citizenship and therefore cannot participate in state politics. He also added that he would be asked if Georgian President Salomu Zurabishvili would be interested in the return of the politician’s citizenship.
“This is his constitutional prerogative. While it’s really surprising when the head of state arrives, he’ll have to decide whether to grant citizenship or not. [Саакашвили], the commander-in-chief renounces his Georgian citizenship and accepts the citizenship of a foreign state. This is very strange and not very common in world politics. It was a really sad fact,” Bregadze stressed.
It was reported that Georgia announced earlier. End of fake campaign Around Saakashvili after the ECHR decision.
Source: Gazeta
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