TBILISI, DFWatch – The largest opposition bloc in Georgia has decided to join the code of conduct for political parties.
The rules were the brainchild of the campaign This Affects You Too, and the 17-point document outlines rules of conduct for political parties
TBILISI, DFWatch – The largest opposition bloc in Georgia was denied to register under the number seven on the ballot in the upcoming parliamentary election.
Representatives of the Georgian Dream coalition say that they have asked the Central Election Commission
TBILISI, DFWatch – Political parties in Georgia are ready to agree with rules of conduct prepared by the campaign This Affects You Too intended to secure a peaceful, fair and competitive electoral environment before the October 1 parliamentary election.
The ruling
TBILISI, DFWatch – Riccardo Migliori, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, will arrive in Georgia for the election period, together with a delegation from the OSCE.
According to parliament’s press office, the delegation will arrive on August 19 and hold
TBILISI, DFWatch – The inter-agency commission tasked with monitoring the election process calls on local governments not to place party symbols in their offices, as this is a violation of law.
Tamar Kintsurashvili, a member of the commission, said on Monday
TBILISI, DFWatch – The opposition Georgian Dream coalition continues to name its majoritarian. This time the candidates for the High Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara.
The nominees are mathematician Amiran Mamuladze in Khulo, doctor
TBILISI, DFWatch – A cameraman for an opposition affiliated media outlet was today beaten by a local employee of Lanchkhuti town. His camera was broken in the incident.
It happened while a journalist and a cameraman from info9 were standing outside the
TBILISI, DFWatch – Bidzina Ivanishvili, the Georgian president’s main competitor, plans to win in the western Samegrelo region by having the country’s former UN ambassador run there. The region borders on Russian controlled Abkhazia and is that part of the country where Mikheil Saakashvili’s government has the largest influence. Bidzina Ivanishvili named Irakli Alasania as … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian Dream, the strongest competitor to the party of Presidential Mikheil Saakashvili, calls on foreign diplomats and international organizations in Tbilisi to react ‘correctly and adequately’ regarding ongoing political processes in Georgia.
TBILISI, DFWatch – It is still unknown when international observers will start monitoring the election in Georgia.
Parliamentary elections are scheduled for October 1, but long-term observsers have not yet arrived in the country.
Local rights groups have for months