| Frequency distribution (%) | |
|---|---|
| Completely disagree | 39 |
| 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 18 |
| 4 | 9 |
| Completely agree | 10 |
| DK/RA | 5 |
Question text: Part of the ongoing court system reform is lifetime appointment of judges. Please tell me how much you agree or disagree with the following statements - Judges who are appointed for life time will be more independent. Use this card where 1 means “Completely disagree” and 10 means “Completely agree”
Note: Answer options were recoded from 10-point scale into 5-point scale
Within the project “Facilitating Implementation of Reforms in the Judiciary”, implemented by Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center (EMC) in cooperation with the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) and Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC), CRRC-Georgia conducted a survey among Georgian-speaking adult residents of Georgia regarding population’s perception of justice and its attitudes towards judges, the court system and knowledge of it.