EU ambassador: EU diplomatic watch will visit 1000 polling stations on election day throughout the country
Cartzell encouraged all voters to make their voices heard on Saturday, in a safe and secure manner. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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On election day the European diplomatic watch will assemble no less than 70 teams and visit some 1000 polling stations on election day throughout the country, said EU ambassador Carl Hartzell.
He noted that their efforts are aimed to support the OSCE/ODIHR mission and said that they will be working with local observers as well.
For us, and for EU-Georgia relations, what in the end matters is not who will win these elections, but how these elections will be won. In other words, how these elections will be conducted, which is the responsibility that rests on the shoulders of all actors,” he noted.
Cartzell encouraged all voters to make their voices heard on Saturday, in a safe and secure manner.
Statement of EU Ambassador Carl Hartzell on the upcoming 2020 Georgian Parliamentary Elections.
— EU Delegation Georgia ???????? (@EUinGeorgia) October 29, 2020
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He noted the importance of a new electoral system and a historic agreement reached between key political actors on 8 March by which ‘the field of political parties with a real chance to enter the Parliament has significantly broadened, promoting an outcome where Georgian voter preferences will be more accurately reflected in the legislature.’
Hartzell expressed hope that more constructive policy debates and an improved culture of consensus-building will become the next logical steps, as this country moves towards fully proportional elections in 2024.