Center for Security Studies

The First One Hundred Days of the Georgian Dream: Opportunities Seized, Opportunities Lost

The First One Hundred Days of the Georgian Dream: Opportunities Seized, Opportunities Lost

Author(s): Julie A. George
Editor(s): Jeronim Perovic, Lili Di Puppo, Iris Kempe, Heiko Pleines, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung
Series: Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)
Issue: 49
Pages: 2-5
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2013

The victory of the opposition in Georgia’s fall 2012 parliamentary elections created an uncomfortable power-sharing arrangement between the President and Prime Minister. The result has been political battles over the right to appoint ministers, the president’s ability to dismiss parliament and other executive powers. These conflicts have shifted the focus away from resolving Georgia’s pressing economic and social problems, even as the new government has sketched out a set of reforms that could be effective if implemented.

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