Interior Minister takes responsibility to ensure peaceful elections throughout the country
Interior Minister said that an investigation is ongoing into the actions of 21 people in the pre-election period. Photo: MIA
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Minister of Internal Affairs Giorgi Gakharia guarantees that the runoff elections will be held in a peaceful environment.
“I take responsibility for the elections being held in a peaceful environment. Our daily life has become overwhelmed with concern over elections. We should not live only from one election to the next. We should have big, bright goals,” Gakharia said.
He has also provided information about violations in the pre-election period and said that an investigation is ongoing into the actions of 21 people regarding violations some of which have political context.
Georgian Deputy Interior Minister Natia Mezvrishvili says that 15 individuals have been charged for 28 October election-related violations.
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Natia Mezvrishvili has held a briefing where she reported on the election process and incidents in or near polling stations.
The Organisation for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE) and its office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) have released their preliminary assessments about the 28 October presidential elections in Georgia.
Two opposition parties in Georgia, the United National Movement (UNM) and European Georgia have made claims of election fabrication despite the fact that domestic and international observers say that the elections are taking place in a largely peaceful environment.