Parliament approved 14 judicial candidates for Supreme Court
Parliament approved 14 judicial candidates for Supreme Court

Parliament has approved 14 judicial candidates to be appointed at Supreme Court of Georgia.

The voting for 20 judicial candidates has been conducted at a plenary session today. The MPs backed 14 of the 20 nominated judicial candidates and five were rejected.

20 candidates for posts in the Supreme Court were presented to the Georgian parliament for approval. The candidates had received the highest scores from the majority of the High Council of Justice members.  The list of candidates included the current judges, the incumbent secretary of the High Council of Justice, former members of the Council, the chairman of the Constitutional Court, the prosecutor general and his deputy.