Parliament Speaker Talakvadze: gov't to charter flights for int’l observers of October parliamentary elections

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.

Talakvadze said that the goal is to bring as many international observers in Georgia as possible and let them evaluate how the country is strengthening its democracy and holding democratic elections.

We made changes to the legislation, according to which we defined the basic principles of safety in the conditions of the -epidemic, redistributed responsibilities. There is complete readiness to bring as many international observers as possible to the country. As soon as international monitoring missions and organisations decide to bring additional representatives to the country, the government will respond with appropriate steps", Talakvadze said.

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.