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Georgian candidates on the campaign trail

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Presidential candidate Nestan Kirtadze wants free natural gas for people near the conflict zone. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Less than three weeks left before the presidential election in Georgia, candidates are busy conducting their election campaign.

Davit Bakradze, the candidate for the National Movement, on Wednesday met with people in the Racha region.

He opened a new

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Georgia's CEC head goes into politics, may run for president

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Zurab Kharatishvili, for years head of the Central Election Commission, left his job to become a politician. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Zurab Kharatishvili, head of the Central Election Commission in Georgia, on Thursday explained that he resigned in order to go into politics and may even run for president.

On Monday, Kharatishvili applied to parliament for permission to leave as CEC head.

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