Bodies, boundaries, legal basis of local self-government

1. Citizens of Georgia shall regulate issues of local importance through representative and executive bodies of local self-government. Representative bodies shall be elected on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot. Executive bodies shall execute the decisions of the representative bodies and shall be accountable to them.

2. A self-governing unit is a legal entity under public law. Decisions on the creation, abolishment or changing the boundaries of a self-governing unit shall be taken by Parliament upon recommendation by the Government and in consultation with relevant self-governing units.

3. Local self-governance shall be carried out in accordance with the procedures established by the organic law.