Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has accepted Prime
Minister Zurab Nogaideli's resignation and named Lado Gurgenidze,
chairman of the Bank of Georgia's supervisory board, as a candidate
for the post.
"Lado Gurgenidze will soon propose the new Cabinet that will be
approved in keeping with all due procedures," Saakashvili said at a
briefing at the state chancellery.
Lado Gurgenidze, chairman of the Bank of
Georgia's supervisory board, is named as new Prime Minister Friday.
(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
The appointment still has to be approved by the parliament, but
the ruling party has the majority of votes at the legislature, and
the approval is the most probable.
Georgia will antedate its presidential elections from autumn to
Jan. 5 next year, President Mikhail Saakashvili said in a televised
address to the nation on Nov. 8.
Georgia's President Mikhail
Saakashvili (L) speaks as Lado Gurgenidze (R) is named the new
prime minister during a news briefing in Tbilisi Nov. 16, 2007.
(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
(Xinhua News Agency November 17, 2007)
