Ruling party says it is capable of presenting renewed team for elections

The ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party says that unlike the opposition it is capable of presenting a new team for the upcoming, 2020 parliamentary elections which is ‘crucial for victory.’

Ruling party MP, ex-parliament speaker Irakli Kobakhidze says that GD will have ‘at least 20-25 new faces.’

Since the last year we have made steps for the renewal of the party. We will be represented by a renewed team for this year’s elections which will be one of the preconditions for our victory,” Kobakhidze said, adding that the opposition is always presented by the same faces in elections.

The ruling party and the opposition agreed on March 8 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.