Tbilisi Sakrebulo

The Tbilisi Sakrebulo ( _ka. თბილისის საკრებულო, "tbilisis sakrebulo") is a representative body in the city government of Tbilisi, Georgia. It is also known in English as the Tbilisi City Council or Tbilisi Assembly. The Sakrebulo is responsible for electing the Mayor of Tbilisi, who was previously appointed by the President of Georgia.cite news
title=The upcoming Georgian local elections: Turnout is the issue
work=The CACI Analyst
last=Jibladze
first=Kakha
date=September 20, 2006
url=http://www.cacianalyst.org/?q=node/4188
accessdate=2007-12-22] [cite news
title=Who Will Elect a Mayor
last=Aliyeva
first=Jahan
work=Brosse Street Journal
publisher=Caucasus School of Journalism and Media Management
date=April 7, 2005
url=http://www.bsj.ge/newspaper/2005/04/07/EEkyVEuVpylMgImjRZ
accessdate=2007-12-22] Sakrebulos were established as the legislative branch of local government not only in Tbilisi, but throughout Georgia, by reforms instituted in 1991 as the country declared independence from the Soviet Union.cite web
title=The problem of nationalism in Georgia
url=http://www.nato.int/acad/fellow/96-98/losaberi.pdf
last=Losaberidze
first=Joseph
month=June | year=1998
format=PDF
publisher=NATO Office of Information and Press
accessdate=2008-05-20]

Composition

The members of the Sakrebulo are selected through a mixed electoral system. Of the 37 seats, 25 are filled through direct elections in local districts of the city. The remaining 12 members are chosen by political parties and are apportioned according to their support citywide.cite web
title=DRAFT ORGANIC LAW OF GEORGIA ON “MAKING AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONS INTO THE ORGANIC LAW – ELECTIONS CODE OF GEORGIA”
url=http://www.venice.coe.int/docs/2005/CDL-EL(2005)034-e.asp
publisher=Council of Europe, Venice Commission
accessdate=2007-12-22] The Sakrebulo elected in 2006 has 34 members from the ruling National Movement - Democrats, one from the Georgian Labour Party, one from the party Industry will save Georgia, and one from a coalition of the Conservative Party of Georgia and the Republican Party.cite news
title=Final results for election of the municipal council in Tbilisi
work=Decentralization in Georgia
date=October 15, 2006
publisher=National Association of Local Authorities of Georgia
url=http://english.nala.ge/media/File/newsletter/Newsletter-ENG-34-1.pdf
accessdate=2007-12-22
format=PDF]

Four of the current 37 members are women, all from the National Movement party. [cite web
title=Women in Sakrebulo
url=http://www.imereti.ge/files/1252_2452_745943_womeninsakrebulo.pdf
format=PDF
accessdate=2007-12-22]

Powers

The Sakrebulo has the power to approve the city budget and any changes to it,cite news
title=Tbilisi Sakrebulo session to be held
work=MediaNews: Georgian News Agency
date=September 6, 2007
url=http://www.medianews.ge/Society/935.html
accessdate=2007-12-22] to elect the Mayor of Tbilisi, and to set local taxes. The Mayor and other officials are responsible to the Sakrebulo and can be recalled by a super-majority of the council.cite web
title=The Law on the Capital of Georgia - Tbilisi
url=http://www.venice.coe.int/docs/2005/CDL-EL(2005)035-e.pdf
format=PDF
publisher=Council of Europe, Venice Commission
date=October 18, 2005
accessdate=2007-12-22]

References

External links

* [http://www.tbilisi.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=171 Tbilisi City Council] official web site