Daily Archives: October 2, 2012

Parallel vote counting confirms opposition win

By | October 2nd, 2012|Categories: Elections, Elections '12-'13, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – A group carrying out parallel vote counting has estimated that Georgian Dream won by 54.6 to 40.7 percent over National Movement. International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) published their results of parallel vote tabulation (PVT). […]

Georgian election was competitive, OSCE finds

By | October 2nd, 2012|Categories: Elections, Elections '12-'13, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – OSCE says Georgia made an important step in consolidating the conduct of democratic elections, but there are still some key issues left needing to address. The organization has the largest contingent of election observers here, under its Office for […]

Georgia election winner calls for Saakashvili to step down

By | October 2nd, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – The winner in the Georgian parliamentary election says it would be wise of Mikheil Saakashvili to step down and announce early presidential election. The next presidential election is planned for late 2013. Bidzina Ivanishvili said this at a press […]

Call for results to be annulled

By | October 2nd, 2012|Categories: Elections, Elections '12-'13, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – The election result from several precincts in three districts of Georgia may be annulled, says the head of Central Election Commission (CEC). Due to tension at several precincts in Khashuri that were stormed by special police units yesterday, […]

Saakashvili: ‘We will be the new opposition’

By | October 2nd, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – The National Movement party moves into opposition, President Mikheil Saakashvili has told the Georgian people in a TV address. The president said preliminary vote counting clearly shows that the Georgian Dream coalition came in first in the […]

Oppositon victory in Georgia election

By | October 2nd, 2012|Categories: Elections, Elections '12-'13, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Official results from the Central Election Commission at 06:20 am local time showed that the opposition Georgian Dream was leading with 54.61 percent ahead of the ruling National Movement party with 40.44 percent. Counting is still ongoing. These results […]

Police storm election precincts in Georgia

By | October 2nd, 2012|Categories: Elections, Elections '12-'13, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Special police forces stormed several election precincts in Georgia, seized the ballot box and rewrote the protocol, in order to prevent an opposition victory. Special units of the police have entered several election precincts in Khashuri, a small […]

Young lawyers found violations

By | October 2nd, 2012|Categories: Elections, Elections '12-'13, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian Young Lawyer’s Association discovered many violations during the election October 1. At a press conference 21:00 GYLA detailed their findings. The organization has information that near two election precincts special forces are mobilized. […]