What hygiene measures will be in effect during the upcoming 2020 elections ?
In order to prevent the spread of the virus, pre-election campaigns and meetings with members of political parties will be held in open spaces at different locations. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Voters at the upcoming parliamentary elections in October will be required to observe two-meter social distancing regulations, and all individuals entering polling stations will be thermo screened, Georgian Parliament Speaker Archil Talakvadze told IPN news agency today.
The government has already started working on the safety measures and rules that will be in effect during the upcoming 2020 parliamentary elections to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. Polling stations will be equipped with sanitizers and disinfection barriers. Tables and door handles will be cleaned with disinfectant liquid”, said Talakvadze.
In order to prevent the spread of the virus, pre-election campaigns and meetings with members of political parties will be held in open spaces at different locations.
It will be mandatory for all individuals to wear face masks in all closed areas.
The Central Election Commission of Georgia together with the Health Ministry and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) will develop a final version of the recommendations of hygiene norms, which will later be agreed with parliament and government.
Co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for the monitoring of Georgia, Titus Corlatean and Claude Kern, have stated that the March 8 election agreement between the ruling Georgian Dream party and the opposition ‘offers a window of opportunity for Georgia’s democratic consolidation.’
The delegation of the Council of Europe (CoE), which met with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia earlier today, has welcomed the recent agreement between the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party and the opposition on how to hold the 2020 parliamentary elections, the government of Georgia press office reports.
The ruling Georgian Dream party and the united opposition have reached an agreement on holding the upcoming parliamentary elections this October with 120 seats in the legislative body to be distributed via a proportional vote and the remaining 30 via the majoritarian system.
The ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party proposed bill on holding of 2020 parliamentary elections with a fully proportional voting system and a zero threshold has been scrapped as 101 MPs instead of mandatory 113 voted for it. 141 of total 150 MPs have been registered for the vote earlier today. However, 37 abstained from voting and three voted against.