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By Malkhaz Nakashidze (@MalkhazN) This post was originally published in Presidential Power and is available here On September 26, 2017, the Parliament of Georgia approved a set of constitutional amendments on their third and final reading with 117 lawmakers voting in favor and two against.[1] On October 9, the President of Georgia, Giorgi Margvelashvili, vetoed the constitutional amendments and…

By Eugene Huskey This post was originally published in Presidential Power and is available here Sunday’s presidential election in Kyrgyzstan serves as a reminder that constitutional engineering can only go so far in furthering democracy. To inoculate Kyrgyzstan against the kinds of hyper-presidential regimes found in neighboring countries in Central Asia—and in Kyrgyzstan itself under President Kurmanbek Bakiev…

By Malkhaz Nakashidze (@MalkhazN) This post was originally published in Presidential Power and is available here More than 20 years since the adoption of the constitution of Georgia, governments are still thinking about constitutional reform. Typically, authorities have done so as a way of strengthening their powers. Thorough constitutional reform has already been carried out twice. First, fundamental…