New Ministry Planned

A new ministry for regional development and infrastructure will be set up from January, 2009, according to the draft law submitted by the government to the Parliament for consideration.

The new ministry, according to the government, will be set up on the basis of the state ministry’s office for regional issues (led by Minister Davit Tkeshelashvili) and it will also incorporate department for road construction and department of transport – both are currently under the subordination of the Economy Ministry.

Davit Bakradze, the Parliamentary Chairperson, said on November 18, that the move was “logical,” because infrastructure development should be considered in the context of regional development.

Setting up of anther new ministry is also planned next year – Ministry for Penitentiary. The need for this new structure emerged after merger of the General Prosecutor’s Office with the Justice Ministry. The department of penitentiary is now formally under the Justice Ministry’s subordination, but the department’s separation became needed, the government said, to separate prison system from the procuracy.

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