As a Head of Government and ruling party official, I declare full support to every judge. Court of law has become independent and free from internal and foreign country interventions during our governance. It was announced by the Prime Minister after a meeting with members of the High Council of Justice today in response to questions posed by journalists at the Supreme Court of Georgia.

“Thank you Nino [Chairperson of the Supreme Court of Georgia] for the meeting today. I wish to tell our society that I had a meeting with Nino and judges, members of the High Council [of Justice] at large. My key message was and remains to be the following: as a Head of Government and ruling party official, I declare full support to every judge. Court of law has become independent and free from internal and foreign country interventions during our governance.

Of course, no intervention and no influence on judges is acceptable. It is absolutely unacceptable to me, to us all, especially when referring to a sovereign court and judges of a sovereign country. I also reassured our honorable judges in our full support. We will do the utmost to have the independence and freedom of the judiciary protected from any interference and any pressure. It is our declared policy and main goal that we strive to since our team came to power. Everyone is well aware that we carried out fundamental reforms in the judiciary over the past 10 years to make the court of law the way it is today – independent and free.

Free and independent from any interference. I once again wish to highlight that no interference is acceptable into a sovereign court of a sovereign country and we should not let it happen, be that internal – from the government or any other wing – or external – coming from other countries in the internal affairs of our judiciary. I wish to reaffirm judges in our support”, - said Irakli Garibashvili.