Parliament Vice Speaker claims President “protecting sabotage mode” following veto on election code amendments
Earlier today, Irakli Kadagishvili, the Chair of the Rules and Procedural Issues Committee of the Parliament of Georgia, said the ruling Georgian Dream party would override Zourabichvili’s veto. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Gia Volski, the First Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, on Friday claimed President Salome Zourabichvili was “protecting a sabotage mode”, after the latter on Thursday vetoed amendments to the election code for reducing the required quorum for decisions at the Central Election Commission from two-thirds quorum to a majority of the body’s full composition.
“According to the election code, decisions were made by the CEC with two thirds of votes, but the balance of political parties and persons elected on professional grounds indicates that the opposition, in case of any technical decision, can turn its activities into sabotage mode and stop the CEC from making a decision on any issue”, Volski alleged.
Earlier today, Irakli Kadagishvili, the Chair of the Rules and Procedural Issues Committee of the Parliament of Georgia, said the ruling Georgian Dream party would override Zourabichvili’s veto.
Irakli Kadagishvili, the Chair of the Rules and Procedural Issues Committee of the Parliament of Georgia, on Friday said the ruling Georgian Dream party would override President Salome Zourabichvili’s veto on amendments to the election code related to Central Election Commission decisions.
Administration of the parliamentary elections scheduled for October 26 was discussed on Thursday in a meeting between the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and the Chair of the Central Election Commission Giorgi Kalandarishvili.
The Central Election Commission of Georgia on Thursday urged electoral stakeholders, including representatives of local and international organisations, to be “objective and impartial” and support the conduct of the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for October 26 in a “fair and transparent manner”.
Giorgi Kalandarishvili, the Chair of the Central Election Commission and the Mission Director of the International Republican Institute Sean Dunne and the IRI Resident Programme Director in Georgia John DiPirro on Thursday discussed the preparation process for the upcoming parliamentary elections on October 26.