Georgian Dream ruling party names candidates for Mtatsminda MP and mayoral by-elections
The Georgian Dream ruling party is sure that the candidates nominated will win the race.Photo: Georgian Dream press office.
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The Georgian Dream ruling party has named a candidate for Tbilisi Mtatsminda district MP and mayors in five cities - Zugdidi, Marneuli, Zestaponi, Tchiatura and Khulo.
The by elections are scheduled for May 19.
Doctor Lado Kakhadze has been nominated for Mtsatsminda MP.
The seat became vacant after the election of Salome Zurabishvili as the president of Georgia.
It is a big honor for me to be elected as Mtastminda MP and bring the problems of the district to parliament,” Kakhadze stated today.
Zestaponi, Tchiatura and Khulo mayors resigned last year, while Zugdidi Mayor Lasha Gogia resigned due to a financial scandal in 2018 and was later detained on bribe-related charges, while Marneuli Mayor Temur Abazov left the post after a video reflecting inhumane treatment [on his order] went viral.
Lado Kakhadze is a famous Georgian doctor who will run for Mtatsminda MP. Photo: Georgian Dream press office.
The candidates named are:
- Givi Modebadze: Tchiatura - acting mayor of Tchiatura. He is an economist in profession.
- Giorgi Goglichidze: Zestaponi - a member of Zestaponi City Assembly between 2006 and 2010. He is a lawyer by profession.
- Giorgi Shengelaia: Zugdidi - vice Mayor of Zugdidi. He is an Economist by profession.
- Vakhtang Beridze: Khulo - deputy mayor of Khulo. He is a Lawyer by profession.
- Zaur Dargali: Marneuli / deputy governor of Kvemo Kartli. He is an English language specialist.
Former first lady Sandra Roelofs has also announced plans to run for Zugdidi mayor under an opposition bloc.
The European Georgian opposition says that the ruling party candidates have low chances to win as the party they represent fails to settle problems the country’s population face.
Former first lady and wife of the third President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili Sandra Roelofs has announced plans to run in the by elections of Zugdidi Mayor, in western Georgia.
Polls for parliamentary by-elections will open in the district of Mtatsminda, in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi on May 19, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced today. Voting will be held at 31 polling stations, where a total of 43,868 voters are registered.
Georgia’s western Zugdidi municipality Mayor Lasha Gogia and his deputy Gia Gulordava quit their posts yesterday as the Georgian State Security Service had launched an investigation concerning a corruption case which allegedly involves Gogia.
Temur Abazov, the mayor of the Marneuli region of Georgia in the country’s east, has been detained for abuse and inhumane treatment of a local man, as the mayor physically abused and forced the individual to wash his face with urine in a live video.
The Central Commission of Georgia will spend 4,466,910 GEL on parliamentary and mayoral by-elections that will be held on May 19, 2019.
Georgia will hold municipal by-elections on May 19 to elect members of eight city councils (Sakrebulo) and five municipal mayors, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced today. Polls will open for parliamentary by-elections in the district of Mtatsminda, in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi on the same day as well.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has presented Doctor Lado Kakhadze as the Georgian Dream’s candidate who will run in the Mtastsminda district parliamentary by-elections on May 19.
The Zugdidi election commission has completed the registration of candidates for the upcoming mayoral elections. 16 candidates will run in the May 19th by-elections.
Votes will be counted electronically at eight polling stations of Tkibuli and Tskaltubo in western Georgia during the May 19 by elections, the Central Election Commission of Georgia (CEC) reports.
Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia said that he will consult with foreign partners and international observers to decide on how many policemen will be sent to different polling stations around Georgia during the May 19 by elections.
Police have detained one person for violence after an incident in the yard of the Dadiani Palace in the Samegrelo region of western Georgia, where former first lady Sandra Roelofs was giving an interview to Odishi TV channel, amid the May 19 by elections.
The Georgian Central Election Commission (CEC) has dismissed allegations of the United National Movement opposition party that voters’ lists were handed out earlier than was planned to Zugdidi polling stations, in western Georgia, which could may have been used to influence voters.
Leader of the united opposition, uniting the United National Movement and allied parties, Grigol Vashadze says that 1,400 members of the opposition, 1,000 volunteers and up to 2,000 members of NGOs will be in Zugdidi, in western Georgia, during the May 19 by-elections.