TBILISI, DFWatch–45 percent of people like Giorgi Margvelashvili, the Georgian Dream coalition’s candidate for president, while 48 percent like Davit Bakradze, who most likely will be the National Movement’s candidate.
When asked who they would want as president,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Davit Bakradze, parliamentary leader of the National Movement, defended his frontrunner status Sunday with a third primary election win.
566 UNM delegates met in Telavi, a town in the eastern Kakheti region, to listen to a debate between Davit
TBILISI, DFWatch–Davit Bakradze, leader of the parliamentary opposition, won the United National Movement’s second primary election for the upcoming presidential election in October.
This latest party conference was held in Gori, a town closer to the capital.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili has changed the date of the upcoming presidential election from October 31 to October 27.
He announced date of the election July 2, but the date caused concern among experts and non-governmental organizations,
TBILISI, DFWatch–In Georgia, a discussion has begun about the date of the presidential election. Yesterday, President Mikheil Saakashvili set the date to October 31, which will be a Thursday. But groups claim a presidential election must be held in a weekend.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian president has decided to set October 31, 2013, as the date of the presidential election.
A few hours before this became known, October 27 was named as Election Day, but the head of the president’s administration held a briefing to say
TBILISI, DFWatch–The United National Movement Sunday kicked off its election campaign for the presidential election with a debate between the candidates.
The event took place in Kutaisi, Georgia’s second largest city and current seat of parliament, and will be
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili’s United National Movement on Saturday named four candidates for the party’s primary election to select as candidate for the upcoming presidential election in October.
Party spokesman Giorgi Vashadze presented the
TBILISI, DFWatch–The United National Movement has announced that its election campaign will be launched on June 30.
UNM member Giorgi Vashadze said on Friday that the party will name all its candidates, who will then participate in a primary election to select
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili plans to leave his post after the presidential election in October.
He said this in an interview with the Russian edition of the Estonian newspaper Postimees on Saturday.
The prime minister said he plans to leave