Legislative changes adopted by “Georgian Dream” (the ruling party), which provide for the creation of the position of State Minister for the Coordination of Law Enforcement Agencies, do not comply with the principle of legality and significantly contradict the constitutional principle of the separation of powers, Transparency International (TI) Georgia states. Furthermore, they substantially contradict the constitutional principle of the separation of powers, the organization’s statement reads:
“The law specifies that the government will include a State Minister of Georgia for the Coordination of Law Enforcement Agencies. Material-technical and organizational support for their activities will be provided by the Administration of the Government of Georgia. The powers of the State Minister will be determined by the Government of Georgia.
Based on the aforementioned legislative change, on April 30, 2026, the government adopted Decree No. 175, which defined the powers of the State Minister for the Coordination of Law Enforcement Agencies.
Specifically, according to the decree, the position was created for the following purposes: strengthening cooperation between law enforcement agencies; facilitating the planning of joint operations; implementing information exchange standards; assessing the effectiveness of their activities and identifying problematic areas; and coordinating and communicating the Government of Georgia’s interactions with the Prosecutor’s Office, the State Audit Office, and the judiciary ‘within the framework of constitutional powers.’
According to the same decree, the State Minister, among other powers, carries out: general coordination of the activities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia, the State Security Service, and the Special State Protection Service; coordination of these agencies in the field of national security to identify, assess, analyze, and forecast internal and external threats and challenges. On behalf of the government, he also handles communication with the judiciary, the Prosecutor’s Office, and the State Audit Office.
In the field of combating crime, a coordinating body already exists in Georgia – the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia. According to the Organic Law ‘On the Prosecutor’s Office,’ it is the Prosecutor’s Office that coordinates the concerted activities of law enforcement agencies in identifying, investigating, solving, and preventing crimes, as well as crime prevention and the elimination of causes contributing to crime.
Based on the provisions of the Organic Law ‘On the Prosecutor’s Office,’ it is evident that the new state agency created at the government’s initiative will partially duplicate the functions of the Prosecutor’s Office. Consequently, given the hierarchy of normative acts established in Georgia, these legislative changes contradict the provisions of the Organic Law, which carries higher legal authority than an ordinary law.
The changes also contradict the principle of legality for another reason – the agencies for whose ‘general coordination’ and security coordination the new structure was created perform different functions under current legislation.
The tasks of the MIA include the prevention and deterrence of crimes and other offenses, their detection and investigation, the protection of public order, and other functions.
The tasks of the State Security Service are the protection of the constitutional order, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and military potential of Georgia from the unlawful actions of foreign intelligence services and individuals; ensuring the country’s economic security; combating terrorism; combating transnational organized crime and international crime, and others,” the organization’s statement says.
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