ABOLISHION OF LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN GEORGIA

February 26, 2005 - 04:00 AMT  08:21 GMT
The prime minister of Georgia Zurab Nogaidely is going to achieve the abolition of local governance bodies of lower level. The head of the government holds that the village councils, called "Sacrebulo", should be liquidated and only regional councils should keep functioning. Nogaideli informed about this initiative in the parliament when he was presenting the program of activities of his cabinet. The opposition, associations of local governance bodies and ethnic communities of the country are quite indignant at the intention of the prime minister. Georgian Armenians are also alarmed at the ideas of the new premier.
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