Georgian PM, as GD election office head, discusses parliamentary elections with IRI observers

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, as the head of the election office of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Saturday discussed the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for October 26 and the pre-election environment in the country with the observation mission of the International Republican Institute.
The meeting consisting of 20 long-term observers of the mission was also attended by Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the European Integration Committee of the Georgian Parliament, Nikoloz Samkharadze, the Chair of the Parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee and Givi Mikanadze, the Chair of the Parliament's Education, Science and Youth Affairs Committee, the GD press office  said.

The parties reviewed the new election legislation, the importance of international observation missions and the political environment in the country.

Kobakhidze emphasised the Georgian Government was ready to “do its utmost” to hold free and fair elections in the country, adding both short-term and long-term missions of a number of authoritative international organisations were invited to observe the parliamentary elections. 

He confirmed his “readiness for open and active cooperation” with international observers.