Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association submitted to the Parliament legal opinion on the draft amendments to the law on “Civil Service”. Gia Zhorzholiani, MP is the author and initiator of the draft. The initiative envisages extension of the tenure for acting civil servants of local self-government and accordingly postponement of competitions on vacant positions, which affects negatively stability of the civil service and its further development. Firstly, we would like to express our dissatisfaction with the expedited review of the draft. GYLA received the draft when the Committee had already reviewed it at the first reading. As for the content of the document, it lacks substantiation and raises some doubts and legitimate questions in view of the upcoming local government elections.  We opine that the Parliament should not hinder conduct of competition on vacant positions in local self-government bodies and should refrain from adoption of the draft.  

The full version of the GYLA’s legal opinion in available on.