New Interior Ministry-Election Commission deal promotes fair elections
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Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Central Elections Commission (CEC) penned an important deal today that outlined joint cooperation to encourage democracy and transparency for the upcoming Parliamentary Elections.
Today top representatives from the Interior Ministry and the CEC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to hold joint trainings and meetings ahead of the October 8 vote.
The MoU reflected recommendations by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) on how to ensure international level elections through participation of various election stakeholders.
CEC chairwoman Tamar Zhvania said the MoU marked the start of a "new stage” in the relationship between the CEC and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Our common aim is to ensure highest standard of election environment where our citizens will vote freely. We very well understand the importance of political neutrality in the process and today’s deal is one of the signs of this,” Zhvania said.
Meanwhile Georgia’s Interior Minister Giorgi Mgebrishvili said: "I believe protecting the law and the right way of cooperation between police and the Central Election Commission will be one of the major preconditions for creating a peaceful, transparent and fair election environment.”
Both sides said the deal would support the October elections meeting the top internationally recognised standards.
Georgia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has released a special statement today outlining the rules about who can participate in the October 8 Parliamentary Election in Georgia, and say those who violate these rules will be punished.
Georgia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) says 14 parties have addressed the agency to undergo mandatory registration for the upcoming October Parliamentary Elections.
Representatives from the election administration from Georgia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) and 14 local observing organisations today signed a Code of Conduct for the October 8 Parliamentary Elections
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.
Everybody working in Georgia’s public institutions received an e-mail today from the country’s Prime Minister encouraging them to be more responsible and carry out their duties in the most honest and ethical way in the lead up to next month’s elections.
The ruling Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia (GDDG) party has finished working on the text of a memorandum to ensure peace during the elections, and will now send the document to all election players for review and signature.
"I wish the election campaign to be as good in the United States as it is in Georgia,” says US Ambassador to Georgia Ian Kelly. He assessed Georgia’s pre-election environment when he spoke on a local television today.
One of Georgia's leading non-governmental organisations has published a report on the pre-election environment in Georgia, noting the conditions are "normal” and the current climate is calm.
The United States (US) Ambassador to Georgia Ian Kelly has spoken of his positive impressions of the calm pre-election environment in Georgia when he met the country’s Minister of Internal Affairs today.
The State Security Service of Georgia has summoned three people for questioning after they released a statement claiming they met ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili in Ukraine four days ago and he revealed his plans to incite violence in Georgia after the October 8 Parliamentary Elections.