Friday, December 5, 2025

Pro-democracy group: violations are harming the election process

Terry Benham and other representatives of the NGO Committee for Open Democracy found many voters registered on addresses at which there turned out to be nobody living. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – An American pro-democracy group says it’s questionable whether there is rule of law in Georgia.

The non-government organization (NGO) Committee for Open Democracy said at a press conference on Friday that the organization will have 20 observers

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Saakahsvili to deal with problems in the election environment

President Saakashvili's spokesperson Manana Manjgaladze says the president has a plan to deal with the problems identified by OSCE observers. The observers said the courts and the audit bureau lack independence. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A spokesperson for President Mikheil Saakahsvili says the president is thankful to a delegation from OSCE’s Parliamentary Assembly which recently criticized conditions here before the election.

The experts visited Georgia in order to the study the

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Georgia wants election observers to come immediately

Keti Tsikhelashvili from Liberal Academy-Tbilisi says the government is responding to a demand from more than fifty local groups. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s Foreign Ministry today invited international organizations to send a long-term observation mission ‘immediately’ ahead of the parliamentary elections in October.

Normally, long-term observers would arrive about six weeks before the election,

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