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Monday, 19 April 2004
TBILISI MAYOR DISMISSED
By empty (4/19/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Vano Zodelava was dismissed without prior warning on 19 April from the post of mayor of Tbilisi that he has held for several years. Zodelava said he will not retire, but continue his engagement in politics and may run for the post of Tbilisi mayor if that office becomes elective. Also on 19 April, President Mikheil Saakashvili named former Central Election Commission Chairman Zurab Chiaberashvili to succeed Zodelava, giving him six months to demonstrate his competence in that post by, among other things, halting illegal construction, installing new traffic lights, and introducing a cheaper municipal bus system.
Vano Zodelava was dismissed without prior warning on 19 April from the post of mayor of Tbilisi that he has held for several years. Zodelava said he will not retire, but continue his engagement in politics and may run for the post of Tbilisi mayor if that office becomes elective. Also on 19 April, President Mikheil Saakashvili named former Central Election Commission Chairman Zurab Chiaberashvili to succeed Zodelava, giving him six months to demonstrate his competence in that post by, among other things, halting illegal construction, installing new traffic lights, and introducing a cheaper municipal bus system. (Caucasus Press)