Opposition unlikely to nominate joint candidates in regions for upcoming elections
The opposition had plans to nominate joint candidates for the regions in the upcoming parliamentary elections. Photo: 1TV.
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The opposition is unlikely to nominate joint candidates in the regions in the forthcoming parliamentary elections.
The United National Movement MP Roman Gotsiridze says that the party will have individual candidates in the regions with some exceptions.
However, he stated that consultations are still in progress to expand the opposition’s united bloc for the October elections.
The opposition has already nominated joint candidates for six of eight constituencies in the capital.
Two constituencies in Tbilisi still remain unagreed upon and the opposition may be unable to put forward joint candidates in those areas.
Only 30 MPs will be elected per the majoritarian electoral system in the 2020 elections, while the remaining 120 will be elected based on the party-list system.
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.
Eighteen opposition parties, who participated in the election talks with the ruling Georgian Dream party mediated by the diplomatic corps, continue to demand the ruling party ‘fully abide’ by the March 8 election agreement and release co-founder of the opposition-minded TV channel Mtavari Arkhi Giorgi Rurua.
The Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has signed the bill of amendments to the election system, calling the constitutional changes a serious step towards democracy and stability. The Georgian parliament has passed an election bill drafted with the mediation of the diplomatic corps in its third and final reading earlier today.
Georgian opposition parties have named six of eight joint majoritarian candidates for Tbilisi in the upcoming parliamentary elections in the Autumn.
The Republican Party, which is the oldest political party in Georgia founded back in 1978, has been denied registration for the October parliamentary elections by the Central Election Commission (CEC).