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Paragraph 22
 

Under the current constitution, the Parliament of Georgia is a single chamber parliament, with 77 out of its 150 members elected by a proportional voting system and 73 members elected by a majoritarian voting system (Article 49 para. 1). Article 4 states that after appropriate conditions have been created a two-chamber parliament shall be set up, the Council of the Republic and the Senate. The Council of Republic shall be composed of members elected under the principle of proportionality, the Senate shall be composed of members elected from the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, and other territorial units of Georgia and five members appointed by the President of Georgia (same provision in Article 37 para. 1 of the draft amendments).