GD Drops Security Chief Liluashvili as Minister Pick

GD Drops Security Chief Liluashvili as Minister Pick

Georgian Dream changed its mind about appointing the current head of the State Security Service, Grigol Liluashvili, to the soon-to-be-created Ministry of Regional Development, as GD PM Irakli Kobakhidze announced that Kakhaber Guledani would take over instead of Liluashvili. Kobakhidze named Liluashvili as a candidate to head the new ministry on April 2. But two days later, on April 4, he said that consultations with Liluashvili had revealed th…

“We have decided that Grigol Liluashvili will no longer hold the position of Regional Development Minister,” Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said. Irakli Kobakhidze explained why he made this decision “In the past few days we had consultations with Grigol Liluashvili and it turned out that you had different approaches to the principles of the Ministry's activities, including the personnel policy of the Ministry In connection with this,” Prime M…