Incompatibility of the status of candidates for members of a municipality representative body Sakrebulo, or of Mayoral candidates of a self-governing city/community with their office

1. The term of office of the following officials shall be terminated after being nominated as candidates for members of a municipality representative body Sakrebulo, or as Mayoral candidates of a self-governing city/community:

a) the President of Georgia;

b) Ministers of Georgia and of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Ajara, heads of state and government subordinate agencies and their deputies;

c) members of the National Security Council of Georgia;

d) a member of the Council of the National Bank of Georgia;

e) the Auditor General and his/her deputy;

f) the head of staff of the Parliament of Georgia;

g) a state representative – governors and his/her deputy;

h) 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;

i) a judge;

j) the Public Defender of Georgia and his/her deputy;

k) a member of the advisory body of the President of Georgia (who is not an MP);

l) an assistant to the President of Georgia;

m) members of the Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission (GNEWSRC) and other national regulatory commissions;

n) the head of the Civil Service Bureau and his/her deputies;

o) a prosecutor, his/her deputy and an assistant, and an investigator.

2. The powers of the officials referred to in the first paragraph of this article shall terminate before their nomination as candidates in the respective election commission.

Organic Law of Georgia No 6551 of 22 June 2012 – website, 29.6.2012

Organic Law of Georgia No 6601 of 29 June 2012 – website, 13.7.2012

Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 – website, 14.3.2014

Organic Law of Georgia No 3973 of 8 July 2015 – website, 15.7.2015

Organic Law of Georgia No 4192 of 3 September 2015 – website, 10.9.2015

Organic Law of Georgia No 438 of 10 March 2017 – website, 22.3.2017

Organic Law of Georgia No 1232 of 26 July 2017 – website, 29.7.2017

Organic Law of Georgia No 3266 of 21 July 2018 – website, 13.8.2018