Discussiion on the “High Representative of the Republic”

Abstract

The article deals with the discussion launched in the Constituent Assembly of Georgia on Marcn 14, 1919 regarding granting the function of High Representative of the Republic to the head of the government. This was the very first case from the side of political parties to express their positions regarding the necessity of the presidential institution in the Democratic Republic of Georgia. This position was maintained at later stage – during elaboration of the constitucion. The Social Revolutionaries and Socialist Federalists were against of introducing the presidential institution, the National-Democrats were supporting the idea, whereas Social Democrats maintained middle-ground position. Although the latter party did not support the presidential institution, although they accepted the proposition of Noe Jordania regarding granting some functions of the president to the head of the government and this was mentioned in the clause of the 1921 Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Georgia.