The parliamentary committees will hear the PM nominee and his governmental program for 2021-2024 over the weekend. The confidence vote for the new Prime Minister and Cabinet is scheduled for February 22 at the plenary session.

The joint sitting of the Finance-Budgetary, Branch Economy and Economy Policy, Agrarian Issues, Environment Protection and Natural Resources and Regional Policy and Self-governance Committees will be held on Saturday.

The expanded meeting of European Integration, Diaspora and Caucasus Affairs, and Foreign Relations Committees will take place later in the afternoon.

Georgian prime ministerial candidate Irakli Gharibashvili unveiled his new cabinet members on February 19. Only two ministers in the cabinet were replaced. Deputy Defense Minister Juansher Burchuladze is nominated as Defense Minister. First Deputy Regional Development and Infrastructure Minister Irakli Karseladze replaced Maia Tskitishvili in her ministerial post. Maia Tskitishvili left the post on her own initiative.

The political council of the ruling Georgian Dream party nominated Defense Minister Irakli Gharibashvili for the post of Prime Minister on February 18 following the resignation of PM Giorgi Gakharia.