Local self-government elections to be held on June 15

Voters will be able to have their say on June 15, 2014 when they choose who they wish to be in power in the local self-government elections.

Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili announced the exact date of the elections during his speech in Parliament today.

"In an attempt of political powers, monitoring missions and society not to hear about the elections all of sudden and for them to be informed in advance and be able to get ready for it, I want to tell you that the elections will be held on June 15, this year,” the President said, adding he would sign the order about defining the date after Parliament has approved the Local Self-Governance Code.

Margvelashvili said directly electing local Governors would be the final phase of the process of "democracy consolidation in Georgia that started in 2012”.