Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Georgia may limit questioning of politicians ahead of election

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Justice Minister Thea Tsulukiani. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Justice Minister Thea Tsulukiani wants guidelines for criminal investigations involving people running in the local election in June.

Tsulukiani did not explain more specifically what kind of rules it will be beyond calling for ‘recommendations’. She said

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Should media be allowed to film inside election precincts?

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Zakaria Kutsnashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s inter-faction group to oversee the election asks the Central Election Commission (CEC) to lift restrictions on the media in election precincts.

Former head of CEC Zurab Kharatishvili last year enforced restrictions on where journalists

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Georgia's commission to prevent election fraud holds first session

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Minister of Justice, Thea Tsulukiani. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s interagency commission for free and fair elections on Monday held its first session. It was held under the auspices of the Ministry of Justice.

The commission was created ahead of last year’s parliamentary election to prevent

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