Georgia’s Election Commission Chair discusses parliamentary vote with International Republican Institute

Developments since the parliamentary elections held last month in Georgia and matters surrounding the vote were discussed on Friday in a meeting between Giorgi Kalandarishvili, the Chair of the Central Election Commission of the country, Sean Dunne, the Director of the International Republican Institute observer mission, and other officials of the mission.

Kalandarishvili briefed the mission representatives on matters including allegations against the integrity of the elections, “disinformation campaigns” that he said had emerged since the elections, disputes and ongoing court proceedings into alleged criminal violations throughout the vote.

He also discussed the results of the third and final stage of compliance audit of the elections, conducted by American company PRO V&V and published on Thursday, which he said had  “confirmed the successful completion” of the observation of the vote and revealed “no problems”.

The Commission Chair highlighted the election administration stayed up to date on  reports and recommendations of international organisations and strove to incorporate their suggestions into “future electoral processes”.

On their part, the representatives shared their observations and report on the campaign period for the elections,and discussed their findings and recommendations “in detail”, the CEC said.