Georgia Prime Minister Irakli Garibasvili’s government collapsed Wednesday after a seventh minister quit his 20-member Georgian Dream coalition Cabinet, AFP reported.
“I am resigning from my post,” sports minister Levan Kipiani told a press conference. The move spells the end of the Cabinet, as replacing one-third of its members automatically requires the entire Cabinet to dissolve.
President Giorgi Margvelashvili has a week to formally nominate a new prime minister proposed by the parliamentary majority.
The prime minister-designate will then have two weeks to pick his team but will have to go back to parliament for a confidence vote.
As the legislature is dominated by the ruling Georgian Dream coalition led by the previous and now acting Prime Minister Garibashvili, it is expected to back his re-appointment.
Source: Panorama.am