Interior Ministry says 26 charged with election-related offences
The Interior Ministry says investigations were suspended in several cases as no evidence was found. Photo: Interior Ministry press office.Photo: Interior Ministry press office.
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The Georgian Interior Ministry has stated that 26 people in total have been charged with election-related offences, which took place on the 28 November presidential election day and afterwards.
Investigations were launched in 25 incidents. However, the investigation was later suspended in 13 cases due to an absence of evidence,” the ministry says.
The Interior Ministry reports that the individuals who have been charged are both supporters of the ruling Georgian Dream party and the opposition.
Georgian Deputy Interior Minister Natia Mezvrishvili says that 15 individuals have been charged for 28 October election-related violations.
The Georgian Central Election Commission (CEC) has ended the counting process of votes for the 28 October presidential elections.The votes of all 3,705 polling stations have been counted and the results mean that a runoff will be held no later than 2 October between the top two candidates-Zurabishvili and Vashadze.
OSCE/ODIHR has stated in its preliminary assessments that the second round of Georgian presidential election was competitive and candidates were able to campaign freely. However, one side enjoyed an undue advantage and the negative character of the campaign on both sides undermined the process.
The Georgian Central Election Commission has released the final results of the presidential elections. The commission has stated that 100 per cent of votes have been counted. Zurabishvili received 1,147,627 votes, while Vashadze-780,633.
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