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) (Deleted – 21.7.2018, No 3266);

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 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;

p) the head of the Office of the National Security Council.

2. The powers of the officials referred to in paragraph 1 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

Organic Law of Georgia No 4411 of 2 April 2019 – website, 8.4.2019