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Article 99
 

Incompatibility of the status of a candidate for President of Georgia with his/her official capacity


. The following officials shall resign from their positions not later than the second day after filing with the CEC an application for registration as a candidate for President of Georgia:


a) the Prime Minister of Georgia, as well as the Ministers of Georgia and the Autonomous Republics and their deputies, the heads of government and state departmental agencies and their deputies;
b) members of the National Security Council;
c) members of the Council of the National Bank of Georgia and the Council of the Financial Supervision Agency of Georgia;
d) the Auditor General and his/her deputies;
e) state trustees - governors and their deputies;
f) chairpersons of Sakrebulos, heads of district municipalities, mayors of cities;
g) officers of the Ministries of Internal Affairs and Defence of Georgia, the State Security Service of Georgia, the Georgian Intelligence Service, and the Special State Protection Service of Georgia
h) judges;
i) the Public Defender and his/her deputy;
j) advisors of the President of Georgia;
k) members of the High Council of Justice of Georgia;
l) the head of the Civil Service Bureau and his/her deputies;
m) prosecutors, their deputies and assistants, investigators;
n) members of the GNCC and the GNEWSRC.


2. A respective legal act about resignation/dismissal of an official referred to in the first paragraph of this article shall immediately be submitted to the CEC. Otherwise, the person shall be refused registration as a candidate for President of Georgia, and if registration has been completed, it shall be cancelled.