Institutional Organization of Georgian National Security Assurance System, Actual Issues of Accountability and Oversight
Keywords:
National Security, National Security Management, Accountability, Parliamentary Oversight, President, Government, Prime-Minister, National Security Council, Security and Crisis Management Council, Group of Confidence, Intelligence Agency.Abstract
Effective and accountable national security assurance system, which corresponds to the democratic standards, has crucial significance for state governance. It ensures protection of society from different threats, peaceful and stable development.
The institutions of security assurance system by their origin are in conflict with individual liberties and open society. This system by its essence contradicts to the principles of external control, oversight and accountability. Therefore, the role of parliamet as a high political organ serving to the interests of people, is crucial.
Effective parliamentary oversight enhances a quality of accountability of security assurance institutions and insure society from willful, improper and repressive governance.
In transitional democracies reforms of security assurance system and transformation its institutions to the decmoctratic standards, requires huge efforts of states and public inclusiveness.
Reform of security assurance system seems unsuccessfull without proper and consecutive legal framework. Security assurance institutions and their activities are legitimate when thier power does not exceed a mandate defined by the law. Contradictions and obscurity enhances the risks of illegitimate activities of national security assurance institutions.
In the article is provided an analysis of legal basis of national security assurance system of Georgia, actual issues and problems. The legal basis of national security assurance system of Georgia is contradictive. In some cases the competences of leading institutions of national security assurance of Georgia, are not clearly defined by the law and mandate is enhanced by the decision of government, without parliamentary engagement. Solution of identified problems is possible by creation of new legislative framework of competences and accountability of national security assurance institutions.
Academic or parliamentary discussion of actual issues of this article will benefit to creation of sustainable and democratic system of national security.References
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