Georgian Election Commission Chair, UN officials discuss upcoming parliamentary elections
Kalandarishvili added that the Commission was also planning to sign a document with non-governmental organisations in the near future, and further pointed out that the body had made appropriate changes in the code of ethics of the members of the election commissions to raise the ethics standards of the election administrators. Photo: UN in Georgia
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The upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for October 26 were discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between Giorgi Kalandarishvili, the Chair of the Central Election Commission of Georgia, and Didier Trebucq, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in the country.
The meeting, which was also attended by Douglas Webb, the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme in Georgia, and Oleh Protsyk, the Regional Peace and Development Advisor, highlighted the activities the election administration was carrying out for conducting elections at a “high professional level” in compliance with international standards, the election administration said.
Kalandarishvili noted 27 political parties had been registered for the upcoming elections, while the deadline for submitting party lists was scheduled for September 26.
He also added that the election administration had determined the ordinal numbers of the parties “as early as possible” in order to facilitate the conduct of the election campaign for the election stakeholders.
Kalandarishvili stressed that the election administration had informed over half million voters about electronic interventions in the upcoming elections, including theoretical and practical components, considering the recommendations from the United States-based National Democratic Institute on nationwide testing of election technologies.
The officials also reviewed the needs and existing challenges of the election administration, including the spread of disinformation.
The meeting also discussed the Commission’s initiative to develop a code of ethics for political parties, set to be signed in the near future.
Kalandarishvili added that the Commission was also planning to sign a document with non-governmental organisations in the near future, and further pointed out that the body had made appropriate changes in the code of ethics of the members of the election commissions to raise the ethics standards of the election administrators.