[2] The government ensures its representation in the country's administrative subdivisions by designating a state representative or governor.
[7] In either case, within two weeks, the Parliament must hold a vote of confidence in the government proposed by a candidate for the office of prime minister nominated by the political party that secured the best results in the parliamentary elections.
[7] If the Parliament's vote of confidence is not passed within the established time frame, the president of Georgia dissolves the Parliament no earlier than two weeks and no later than three weeks after the respective time frame has expired, and calls extraordinary parliamentary elections.
Within two days of a vote of confidence in the government, the president of Georgia appoints a prime minister.
[7] A vote of no confidence in the government can be held if the motion is proposed by more than one third of the total number of the members of Parliament.
[10] Before the Constitution could be fully implemented, amid the Red Army invasion of Georgia, the country's government sailed in exile to France in March 1921 and continued to function as a government-in-exile for some time, while the country was taken over by the Bolshevik Revolutionary Committee (Revkom).
[11] The February 2004 constitutional amendment reestablished the position of prime minister and the Government of Georgia who were responsible before the president and the Parliament.