Friday, December 5, 2025

Government commission warns against local transgressions

Tamar Kintsurashvili from the inter-agency commission monitoring election violations says local government offices must stop hanging campaign posters for the National Movement party in their offices. (IPN.)

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

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Speaker of Parliament is abusing his position

Speaker of Parliament Davit Bakradze is bringing with him employees of the parliament to do campaigning for the National Movement party. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Now that the date of Georgia’s parliamentary elections has been set to October 1, political parties are under certain restrictions set by law, that last until Election Day.

One restriction is that it is prohibited to use administrative resources for campaigning.

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Saakashvili using state budget to secure election victory

Eka Gigauri, head Transparency International Georgia, presented a new report which points out that there is a risk of President Saakashvili's government secretly spending money from the state budget for campaigning purposes. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A new report warns that the government may be using money from the state budget to affect the outcome of the election.

”The state budget is less defined. So there is a risk that the ruling party will use it for its own interests,” explained Eka Gigauri,

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