PM says alleged foreign funding of election campaigning in country “fundamentally wrong”

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, who leads the electoral office of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Friday said an alleged foreign funding of “election processes” in the country ahead of the parliamentary vote scheduled for October 26 was “fundamentally wrong”.

The PM said the development was “directly contradicting the principle of state sovereignty and universally recognised election principles”.

Elections in Georgia cannot be funded with foreign money, foreign money cannot be involved in the Georgian election campaign in such a direct and blunt manner”, Kobakhidze said.

The Government head also commented on the Danish Government-sponsored Festival of Democracy, organised by the non-profit organisation Eastern European Centre for Multiparty Democracy in Georgia, by calling its financing “disturbing”.