The FINANCIAL — According to Civil Georgia, Christian-Democratic Movement (CDM), a leading party in the parliamentary minority group, put forth a draft law envisaging separation of security services from the Interior Ministry.
MP Nika Laliashvili of CDM said on July 6 the move should be a step towards “depolitization” of the Interior Ministry.
The Security Ministry merged with the Interior Ministry in 2004 and since then calls for its separation have been reemerging time after time by the opposition parties, calling the Ministry “a monster.”
MP Laliashvili said that according to the CDM’s proposal, security service should be under the Parliament’s subordination and heads of departments of the security service should be nominated by the President and approved by lawmakers with majority vote for a five-year term.
He said that CDM would initiate constitutional amendments reflecting the proposal and amendments to the relevant laws in September.
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