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I would repeat again, court should prove now that
notwithstanding the fact that the political leadership has
changed – judiciary is inviolable. Unfortunately mentality
in our country is that if government changed, everything
should be changed – this is not the democratic way of
development, this would not happen in the democratic
countries. Position of the court – objective and fair
decisions has significant importance for the country,
through our objective decisions we should maintain
independence of this system, this is important for the
country and not for any particular judge. Rule of law state
means restriction of the government through laws, justice,
setting rules as guaranteed by the Constitution for
democratic states, judges know this very well and realize
their functions in this process. They act precisely like
respectful judges should act.
Together with the Prime Minister we discussed existing
gaps, he had questions on specific cases, on procedural
issues in the courts. I provided detailed information to the
Prime Minister on the procedural regulations. For
example, how are cases being assigned, as the law
regulates this. What is the specialization and why did we
introduce it – in order to speed up and raise quality... We
discussed in details similar issues like structural topics
and finally, agreed that there will be no political or other
type of influence on the judiciary. This will be beneficial
not just for the courts, but also for the development of the
country, I told this to the Prime Minister and he agreed.
This was the substance of our meeting.
Thus, despite some small shortcomings, court tries to be
objective and independent, this will lead our Country to
Europe.
Mr. Kote, recently you met with the Prime
Minister, after this meeting, Prime Minister
expressed his sympathy to you as a
professional. It is interesting to know what did
you discuss during the meeting?
– I evaluate positively that the Prime Minister had the
initiative and visited the Supreme Court of Georgia. We
certainly did not speak about myself during the meeting,
we spoke about the situation in the judiciary, successes,
problems, about everything we are discussing now.
Prime Minister stated that he would become guarantee for
the judicial independence, that he would not allow any
representative of his government to influence the courts.
I told the Prime Minister that the latter was the top
priority and if this happens, if the courts are not
influenced, we’ll have respective consequences – courts
will make objective and fair decisions. I told the Prime
Minister: when I meet judges I tell them: although you are
being attacked, do not react emotionally, handle cases
objectively, no matter who is in the government, base
your decisions on the truth.
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