US Congressman Kinzinger ‘applauds’ election deal in Georgia
Kinzinger, who visited Georgia last year, wrote that he is looking forward to visiting the country again. Photo: rollcall.com.
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US Congressman Adam Kinzinger has welcomed an agreement between the ruling Georgian Dream party and the opposition on how to hold the 2020 elections, ‘applauding’ the efforts of all parties involved in the negotiations, ‘including Georgian Parliament Speaker Archil Talakvadze and the US Embassy in Georgia under Ambassador Kelly Degnan.’
Democracy is not easy—it’s hard work, but it is undoubtedly worth it. I want to congratulate the Georgian people on achieving the pro-democracy reforms they’ve long fought to achieve. It has been a long road to this agreement, but through compromise and maturity, the necessary steps to secure democracy has finally been reached,” Kinzinger said.
Kinzinger stated that he, as a co-chair of the House Georgia Caucus, is ‘proud to have played a role in navigating through these conversations and I will continue to be available to help ensure Georgia remains an important partner for the United States.’
Full statement on #Georgia 2020 election agreement: https://t.co/DlBHRwUcNt pic.twitter.com/u8rrVP2tnM
— Adam Kinzinger (@RepKinzinger) March 9, 2020
The ruling party and the opposition agreed yesterday in talks mediated by the diplomatic corps to hold the upcoming elections in the autumn with 120 seats in the legislative body distributed via a proportional vote and the remaining 30 via the majoritarian system.
The agreement also foresees a ‘fair composition of election districts’, a one per cent election threshold, and a cap recognising that no single party that wins less than 40 per cent of the votes should be able to form a majority in the next parliament.
Find out more about why there was controversy surrounding the 2020 elections here.