52 parties to compete in parliamentary elections, 22 others for Adjarian Supreme Council
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By 6 p.m. on October 1, 52 political parties, including 2 election blocs out of the registered 58 political entities had presented their party lists to the Central Election Commission.
As the submission of party lists has expired, the CEC Spokesperson Ana Mikeladze said that now the lists need to be verified.
The political entities which did not submit their party lists by 6 p.m. today include:
- Georgian Nationalists’ Union
- Tribune
- Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic Path
- Iberians’ Unity
- Georgia’s Unity and Development Party
- Georgian Pensioners’ Rights Protection Union
All of them will have their election registration abolished.
Meanwhile, 22 political parties out of 25 will compete for 21 seats (3 majoritarian and 18 proportional) on the Adjara Supreme Council.
The opposition United National Movement has registered its party list with the Central Election Commission today with acclaimed Georgian singer and actor Buba Kikabidze at the top of its list. UNM member Tina Bokuchava told journalists that Kikabidze is a ‘symbol of patriotism’ and therefore the party has named him first.
The Georgian Dream ruling party has presented its party list to the country’s Central Election Commission earlier today, stating that it has ‘all resources’ to take at least 100 seats in the 150-member parliament. The Executive Secretary of the Georgian Dream Irakli Kobakhidze says that ‘we have expectations to receive more than 50 per cent of votes’ in the October 31 elections, ‘which will allow us to have 30 majoritarian MPs and 70 MPs elected via the party-list.’
Opposition party European Georgia says it will not form a coalition with the ruling Georgian Dream party and also will not support ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili as a Prime Minister.
Lelo for Georgia political party, which was founded by co-founders of TBC Bank Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze, has presented the party list for the October 31 parliamentary elections.
The ruling Georgian Dream party founder and chairman Bidzina Ivanishvili said at the presentation of party list and program earlier today that Georgia has never had such a long record of stable, peaceful and democratic development since the restoration of independence in 1990s.