23 opposition parties in Georgia sign memorandum to ensure integrity of upcoming parliamentary elections
The declaration reads that a ‘voter protection headquarters’ will be created which will be headed by Paata Davitaia, the leader of the European Democrats of Georgia. Photo: IPN.
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Twenty-three opposition parties in Georgia have signed a memorandum to ensure the integrity of the upcoming October elections.
The declaration reads that a ‘voter protection headquarters’ will be created which will be headed by Paata Davitaia, the leader of the European Democrats of Georgia.
The parties will create a database of violations observed during the elections and will also agree how to react to such violations. An agreement was made as to how to cooperate with NGOs and international partners during the election period.
Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Georgia on October, 31 2020 to elect 150 members of parliament.
120 seats in parliament will be distributed based on votes received per the proportional electoral system, while the remaining 30 will be decided on by the majoritarian model.
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 Labour Party has announced it will put forward Irakli Okruashvili as the joint opposition candidate in Saburtalo constituency and Zurab Japaridze in the Didube-Chugureti constituency, announces party leader Shalva Natelashvil.
About 30 opposition parties in Georgia have adopted a joint declaration on the upcoming October elections at a meeting held in the office of the Labour Party today.
The European Georgia parliamentary opposition party has nominated 14 of 22 majoritarian candidates for the regions.
Opposition parties in Georgia demand the Alliance of Patriots of Georgia be prohibited from running in the October parliamentary elections following the release of an investigation of the Dossier Center, which tracks the criminal activities associated with the Kremlin.
The Georgian government is ready to charter flights to bring in international observers for the upcoming parliamentary elections that will be held on October 31, says the Chairman of the Parliament, Archil Talakvadze.
Coercion and intimidation of voters or the violation of vote secrecy will become criminally liable in Georgia as part of a series of amendments to the election code proposed by the ruling Georgian Dream party. Violation of vote secrecy or coercion of a voter will result in a fine or house arrest for a period from six months to two years or imprisonment for about three years.
One of the leaders of the opposition European Georgia party and a former member of the United National Movement (UNM) party Giga Bokeria predicts voters will punish the UNM this October when the country goes to the polls in parliamentary elections, as 'our citizens do not make mistakes when assessing who is politically immature and irresponsible.’
EU Ambassador to Georgia Carl Hartzell says that as an international observer it is more important for him to see how a party will win at the 2020 parliamentary elections of Georgia rather than who wins.