Chairman Elected for Adjara Supreme Council

I will do everything to justify your trust. We have a special responsibility towards our voters. We should prove that the Supreme Council is an institution where public opinion is represented most of all. We should fill legislative gaps as well as successfully monitor the executive power - said Davit Gabaidze following his election to the position of Chairman of Supreme Council, Adjara AR.

Two thirds of the Supreme Council members expressed confidence in 36 year-old Gabaidze, and while the representatives of three parties voted against him, the newly elected chairman claims he expects to have a constructive relationship and close cooperation with the opposition.

United National Movement (UNM) representative Petre Zambakhidze, one of those who didn’t vote for Gabaidze recognizes that the new chairman will definitely differ from his predecessors “I hope that he will effectively chair the Council since he is a lawyer and the council needs lawyers,” Zambakhidze said.

Gabaidze is the seventh Chairman, but the first lawyer, to head the legislative body in its 25 years of existence. He is a PhD student of Law at the I. Djavakhishvili University, is the mediator of the Chamber of Commerce Mediation Center; the arbitrator of Batumi Permanent Arbitration Ltd; and a member of the Georgian Bar Association. From 2012 he worked as a deputy and later as Head of the Legal and Human Resource Management Department within the Government of the Autonomous Republic Administration.

On his last day of duty, the 2012-2016 Chairman, Avtandil Beridze, wished success to Gabaidze and successful dialogue with the opposition.

Mariko Natsarishvili