Georgia President Faces Impeachment After Court’s Travel Ruling

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili is facing an impeachment vote after the country’s highest court ruled she breached the constitution with a series of visits abroad in defiance of a government ban.

The ruling Georgian Dream party plans to submit the impeachment measure to parliament following Monday’s decision by the Constitutional Court that visits Zourabichvili made in August and September took place without government approval. She argued the trips to meet leaders in Berlin, Paris and Brussels were aimed at promoting Georgia’s bid for European Union membership.