46 individuals express wish to register as candidates for presidential elections in Georgia
The deadline for officially registering as a candidate for the presidential elections is September 28.
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Georgia has 46 potential candidates for the upcoming presidential elections so far.
The Central Election Commission has finished accepting the applications of potential candidates yesterday evening.
“26 candidates out of 46 are named by initiative groups, the other 20 have been named by political parties,” Central Election Commission Press Speaker Ana Mikeladze said at a briefing yesterday.
The potential candidates have to present supporters’ signatures by September 18 and the number of signatures should not be less than 25,923.
The deadline for officially registering as a candidate for the presidential elections is September 28.
Presidential elections will be held throughout the country on October 28.
David Bakradze, the current leader of the parliamentary minority and former speaker of the Georgian parliament from 2008-2012, has been named as the presidential candidate of the European Georgia party today.
Independent MP in the Georgian parliament Salome Zurabishvili, who holds both Georgian and French citizenship, has launched procedures to renounce French citizenship, the head of the Parliament’s Legal Committee Eka Beselia has confirmed.
Fourth President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili has announced his decision not to run in the upcoming elections at a meeting with students and professors at the Presidential Palace in Tbilisi today.
The Head of the Georgian Central Election Commission (CEC) Tamar Zhvania has stated that about 42 million GEL (16 million USD) will be spent on the upcoming presidential elections.
The ruling Georgian Dream party has announced today that it will be endorsing independent candidate Salome Zourabichvili as candidate for the presidency.
The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Central Election Commission (CEC) have signed a memorandum of cooperation today prior to the October 28 presidential elections to ensure a safe and peaceful election environment on election day.
William Sweeney, President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) has praised the pre-election environment in Georgia.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze’s signature appeared on the opposition presidential candidate Mikheil Antadze’s supporters’ list, Imedi TV reports.
The Georgian Central Election Commission has refused to register 20 presidential candidates out of a total of 46 for the October 28 elections, as the candidates failed to present a list of supporters.
The candidate of 10 opposition parties Grigol Vashadze has been refused by the Central Election Commission of Georgia (CEC) to run in the 28 October presidential race with the name of the opposition political unity.
Prime Minister of Georgia, Mamuka Bakhtadze has met with the election observation mission of NDI and of the European Parliament to discuss the election environment a day before the presidential elections.