REVOLUTION DEMANDS VICTIMS
Support A1+!The most significant difference between the «Judge International Third Conference» organized in Georgia this year and those organized previously was that the event was no longer presided by Georgian Supreme Court President Lado Chanturia. At present he is replaced by Konstantin Kublashvili. Mr. Chanturia is one of the few representatives of the Georgian Court system who has a very good reputation not only in his fatherland but also outside it.
During the rose revolution Mr. Chanturia considered the results of the Presidential elections in Georgia invalid, but this did not mean that he would continue to have high posts under Mikhail Sahakashvili. During the 8th month of Sahakashvili's presidency Lado Chanturia resigned from his post.
In some circles of Georgia this is accounted for by the fact that in fact the most serious rival of Sahakashvili was Chanturia. Some people claim that Eduard Shevardnadze saw Chanturia as his successor. By the way, Lado Chanturia is Shevardnadze's distant relative and is in good terms both with Shevardnadze and the present Georgian authorities.
After several failures of President Sahakashvili Lado Chanturia's reputation has grown still more and his leaving Georgia was exactly in time. After resigning from the post of the Georgian Supreme Court President Lado Chanturia was invited to work in the Bremen University, and he accepted the invitation.
In Georgia many people are convinced that as a result of Sahakashvili's policy Lado Chanturia's reputation will grow more quickly and he will remain a real candidate of the next President of Georgia.
