Central Election Commission assesses opposition rally as pressure on Election Administration, expresses readiness for peaceful discussion
The election administration urges all the interested parties to support the electoral rights of Georgian citizens. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The Central Election Commission has published an announcement where it responds to opposition’s rally held yesterday in front of the CEC building, calling it the pressure on the Election Administration, noting readiness to discuss any topic related to the elections peacefully with the involvement of various parties.
This is an unacceptable form of pressure and influence on the Election Administration, which has been going on for several days towards the Election Administration, including in the district election commissions,” says CEC.
The Central Election Commission notes that the processes of the 2020 parliamentary elections are not over and only the preliminary results are known.
At this stage, various legal processes are underway both in the district election commissions and in the general courts. Some of the summaries have been clarified, while results have been recalculated in some of the districts and the official results are yet unknown.
Unfortunately, the obstruction of the ongoing legal process by specific political parties is obvious, which clearly raises questions and is a deliberate discrediting of the name of an independent institution and does not fit into the legal forms that are important in terms of trust in the process,” says the CEC.
Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
The announcement reads that the CEC is an independent institution and functions to serve the people.
The election administration primarily serves the people, and for years this institution has been represented by people whose merit is the international recognition that makes this administration stand out in the region,” says the announcement.
The election administration urges all the interested parties to support the electoral rights of Georgian citizens.
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In a joint statement Transparency International Georgia (TI), the Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA) and the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) say that although Georgia’s parliamentary elections were a clear setback for the country and the worst elections held under the Georgian Dream government, they believe that there is still a chance to find a way out of the political impasse through dialogue.
The protest rally in front of the Central Election Commission (CEC) has come to an end after police used water cannons to disperse the demonstrators. Opposition United National Movement (UNM) member Nika Melia has called on the protesters to leave the area for now and gather again at 6 p.m. at Rustaveli Avenue tomorrow.
Opposition politicians and their supporters have gathered in front of the parliament of Georgia on Rustaveli Avenue, demanding repeat parliamentary elections be held. Claiming that the Central Election Commission (CEC) has falsified the results in favour of the ruling Georgian Dream party, opposition politicians are calling on the public to ‘protect their vote’.
Opposition parties that claim the October 31 parliamentary elections were fabricated will continue rallies on Saturday, November 14, at 15:00, in central Tbilisi.
The leader of the United National Movement (UNM) opposition party Grigol Vashadze has called on other opposition parties to sit at a table with the ruling Georgian Dream party to resolve election-related complications.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Archil Talakvadze says that the acceptance of October 31 election results is the precondition for holding negotiations with the opposition.
The State Inspector's service of Georgia has started an investigation into alleged excessive use of force against a detainee at the opposition’s rally held yesterday.