DFWatch staff TBILISI, DFWatch — The government of President Mikheil Saakashvili has picked the Parliament Speaker, Tbilisi Mayor, Secretary of the Security Council and a member of parliament to represent it in negotiations with the Georgian Dream coalition.
Soon after Election Day,
TBILISI, DFWatch — The leader of a decade old party has said he is leaving politics, sticking to a promise to leave if his party did not make it into parliament.
The New Rightists Party, which was established in 2001, gained only 0.43 percent of the votes in the parliamentary
TBILISI, DFWatch — A former body guard for the Georgian Dream coalition, who was reported missing, returned home today.
In a ‘leak war’ shortly before the election, Beso Surmava, former security guard for Bidzina Ivanishvili, was one among those who released secret recordings
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian Dream and others are protesting outside the election commission offices in nineteen one-past-the-post districts where the National Movement party is winning.
According to the latest figures from the Central Election Commission, Georgian Dream
TBILISI, DFWatch — President Mikheil Saakashvili’s party lost the election in the Autonomous Republic of Adjara.
This is his favorite region which he visits frequently. Georgian Dream coalition got 57.6 percent of the votes according to the most recent figures from the
The election winner in Georgia’s first visit abroad will be to the U.S., probably after the U.S. presidential election.
Bidzina Ivanishvili told journalists Wednesday that the U.S. ambassador to Georgia had delivered him a formal invitation to the U.S. He met Ambassador
TBILISI, DFWatch – The U.S. Secretary of State responded to Monday’s election in Georgia congratulating Georgians on their peaceful and active participation in the election.
A statement published on the State Department website says the election was a historic day for
TBILISI, DFWatch – The counting of votes is almost finished in Georgia and results show that the opposition leads with 55.1 percent, against the ruling National Movement with 40.1 percent of votes.
The other parties seem to not overcome the 5 percent barrier for getting
TBILISI, DFWatch – The leader of the coalition that won the Georgian election Monday says it would be best for President Mikheil Saakashvili to resign and appoint early presidential election.
Bidzina Ivanishvili, leader of the victorious Georgian Dream coalition,
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).