Parliamentary Elections:Energy Minister leads ruling party’s pre-election campaign
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Georgia’s Energy Minister Kakha Kaladze has been chosen to lead the Georgian Dream Democratic Georgia (GDDG) party through the pre-election period before the October 8, 2016 Parliamentary Elections.
Yesterday Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili named Kaladze in the role and said he had good managerial skills, had relevant experience and was capable of ensuring the ruling party’s pre-election campaigning met high European standards.
Kvirikashvili stressed it was essential and a big responsibility of the Government to hold the upcoming elections in free and transparent environment.
In response Kaladze said:
I will do my best to appropriately fulfill this big responsibility. Through the upcoming elections the international community will see that democratic reforms are irreversible in Georgia.”
Political parties in Georgia were officially allowed to begin pre-election campaigning yesterday, after PM Kvirikashvili signed the President’s degree that stated June 8 as the date to begin the pre-election campaign and October 8, 2016 as the date of the Parliamentary Elections.
According to the Central Election Commission, 28 political parties have applied to register for the upcoming Parliamentary Elections.
Five of these political parties have had their registration applications approved by the CEC while the other 23 parties are still going through the registration process.
Several major parties such as GDDS, United National Movement, Free Democrats and others have not yet applied to register for the upcoming elections.
Parties have until early August to apply to register for the Parliamentary Elections.
CEC announced 3. 473. 316 voters were registered for the elections.
Observers from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will monitor the upcoming 2016 Parliamentary Eections in Georgia in October. This was announced when OSCE top official, Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili in Tbilisi this afternoon.
Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili has signed the President’s decree about the upcoming Parliamentary Elections, meaning parties can officially begin pre-election campaigning from today.
There are 185 days left before Georgian citizens can vote for who they want to run the country. The date for Georgia’s Parliamentary Elections has been set for October 8, 2016.
Today Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili said discussions between himself and President Giorgi Margvelashvili about the date of the election ended with the two officials agreeing the elections needed to be held in early October, as a later date might cause complications.
Georgia’s deaf population and those living with other hearing ailments will be able to make an informed choice at ballot boxes in the upcoming, October 8 Parliamentary Elections.
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Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili says pre-election campaigning in Georgia for the October 8 Parliamentary Elections is in full swing and is being carried out in a calm environment by all political players.
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