OSCE observers: “We are interested in electoral process, not outcomes”
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OSCE observers who have arrived in Georgia to monitor the country’s local elections next month stated they are interested how democratic the election process will be and not the outcomes of the race.
It is important to highlight that we will not get involved in the election process and that we are not interested in the election results. The only thing we will show interest in is the level of protecting democratic principles in the process”, Corien Jonker, head of the OSCE/ODIHR election observation mission.
She stressed the mission will also assess the electoral legislation, activities of the Central Election Commission, how the election campaigning is financed and how the media covers election-related issues.
The mission is scheduled to start work in Georgia today until the elections are over.
Their report will be released after the elections.
Georgia’s local elections will be held on October 21.
The Municipal Elections 2017 will take place in Georgia on October 21. President Giorgi margvelashvili announced the exact election date at a press briefing this afternoon.
Georgia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) announced today that they are ready to hold upcoming local elections which will take place at the end of October.
The Municipal Elections 2017 will take place in Georgia in about four months by the end of the third week of October.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili who is also the head of the Georgian Dream-Democratic Movement has officially named Kakha Kaladze as the ruling team’s candidate in Tbilisi for the upcoming local elections in the autumn.
Georgia’s Minister of Internal Affairs Giorgi Mgebrishvili stated today that close cooperation between the Interior Ministry and the Central Election Commission (CEC) for the upcoming local elections is one of the key preconditions for a safe and transparent election environment.