MP candidate Dolidze: gov’t will try to fabricate elections with the use of ballot boxes
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Independent majoritarian candidate for Didube-Chugureti district in Tbilisi and former member of High Council of Justice of Georgia Anna Dolidze says that the government ‘is preparing for the mass fabrication’ of the October 31 parliamentary elections with the use of ballot boxes.
Dolidze says that a large number of ballot boxes will be used on the election day due to the pandemic, and it will be difficult to exercise proper control over them.
The use of the ballot boxes will be legal if surveillance cameras are attached to each ballot box and all members of the commissions who carry the boxes will have their shoulder cameras switched on,” Dolidze said.
Dolidze has urged the opposition to raise demands on the use of shoulder cameras by commission members who will carry the ballot boxes.
Otherwise thousands of votes will be fabricated,” Dolidze said.
Coronavirus patients who are being treated in hospitals or are in isolation will be able to vote in the parliamentary elections with the use of ballot boxes.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has stated that there are no grounds to postpone the elections despite a severe growth in new infections.
The Emergency Management Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has set up a field hospital in Marneuli municipality in eastern Georgia today after a local, 62-year-old woman tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday, and who came into contact with more than 80 people and spent four days in a local hospital.
The government of Georgia says that wearing facemasks in open areas in the three main cities of Georgia - Tbilisi, Kutaisi and Batumi - is strongly recommended to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus. Georgia has reported 1,759 new cases of coronavirus earlier today and five deaths which is a record number since the country confirmed its first case of the virus at the end of February 2020. The majority of the new cases were recorded in the capital Tbilisi, Adjara and Imereti regions.
Coronavirus patients who are being treated in hospitals or are in isolation will be able to vote in the parliamentary elections in Georgia on October 31, announces the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has stated that as of today there are no grounds to postpone the October 31 parliamentary elections despite a sharp increase in the number of coronavirus cases. “Although the number of new infections is surging, we are managing the process,” Gakharia said. He stated that the government has no illusions that there will be a decrease in the number of coronavirus cases.
The Georgian Central Election Commission (CEC) has given additional time to voters who are in self-isolation due to the coronavirus to request ballot box service for the October 31 parliamentary elections.
US ambassador to Georgia Kelly Degnan says that the success of the October 31 parliamentary elections is up to the Georgian Dream government and the Georgian people.
Former non-judge member of High Council of Justice Anna Dolidze has established a political party For People. Dolidze said earlier today that her team aims to be the alternative force between the ruling Georgian Dream and opposition United National Movement (UNM) parties.