Friday, December 5, 2025

Renewed call to extend must-carry

Lasha Tugushi (left), Editor in Chief of newspaper Rezonansi, Keti Tsikhelashvili, head of Georgian National Platform, and Eka Gigauri, the head of Transparency International Georgia (right). (Photo: Londa Beria.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Democracy groups in Georgia repeat their demand that the must-carry and must-offer principles must be extended beyond Election Day.

Three campaigns consisting of NGOs and media presented a joint statement Wednesday. The three campaigns are:

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Young lawyers: Government websites misused

The website of Akhmeta often published news with headlines deriding the opposition. Friday evening, the website was unavailable. In Google's cache (above), the news section was empty.

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA) says the websites of local governments are being used to help the party in power, United National Movement (UNM).

According to GYLA, the fact that these web sites publish information about UNM’s

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Interactive election map lets parties plan strategy

Eka Gigauri, head of TI Georgia, says the interactive map will help political parties analyze their earlier campaigns, and see where they had support, and use the data to plan their. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Interactive maps of past election results and voter lists are now available online.

The interactive maps are offered by a recently established web portal which aims to collect information about alleged violations and incident throughout the election

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Report documents violations in Georgian election campaign

Incidents of threats, pressure and abuse against members of political parties are very frequent , says Nino Lomjaria, head of ISFED. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A new report reveals cases of violence, pressure and illegal usage of administrative resources in the election period.

International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) found two cases of people being firing because of their political

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