TBILISI: Georgia's ruling party will renew attempts to impeach pro-Western President Salome Zurabishvili, who is seeking to unite opposition forces ahead of parliamentary elections, the speaker of parliament said on Monday. Last year, lawmakers from the ruling Georgian Dream party failed to secure enough votes to remove Zurabishvili, whom they accused of making foreign trips without government permission to lobby for European Union membership for Georgia.
"The parliamentary majority decided to initiate another impeachment procedure," parliamentary speaker Shalva Papuashvili told a news conference. "Salome Zurabishvili's term in office runs out this year and her removal through impeachment would only reduce her term by a maximum of one month," he added.
Over the last two years, Zurabishvili has been at loggerheads with the Georgian Dream government, which faces mounting accusations of democratic backsliding and derailing Tbilisi from its EU membership path. On Monday, she announced consultations with opposition parties to agree on a joint candidate for prime minister. — AFP
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