According to the rapporteur, the Chairman of the Human Rights and Civil Integration Committee, three issues were identified during the first hearing.

According to Mikheil Sarjveladze, the opinion was expressed that it is better to define the mentioned issues, not in the text of the decree of the Speaker of the Parliament but to reflect them in the Rules of Procedure.

"One of the concerns relates to the working group, which was established for evaluation purposes, and it is made very clear that they will not be able to exclude someone, for example, based on qualitative indications. However, there is an exception where applications that are presented and directly in violation of the law are not reviewed. In particular, a candidate cannot receive two nominations. An incumbent public defender cannot be nominated, and candidates for public defender must be citizens of Georgia. The authorized entities should only nominate individuals who have been approved by non-governmental organizations and the civil sector, on the second point we both agreed. The Rules of Procedure also dictate this norm. Additionally, it is found that the working group has 9 members. The third concern has to do with the requirement for consultations before the working group is staffed", - Mikheil Sarjveladze elucidated.

The members of the Committee, taking into account the mentioned remarks, approved the document for the Plenary Session for II reading.