According to Transparency International Georgia’s monitoring of the 2020 parliamentary elections, there was greater tension during the second half of the day compared with its first half. There were instances of physical confrontation out

 According to Transparency International Georgia’s monitoring of the 2020 parliamentary elections, the process is taking place against the backdrop of certain confrontations in the second half of the day, although the situation remains cal

 According to Transparency International Georgia’s monitoring, the 2020 parliamentary elections are proceeding in a calm environment. A large majority of the polling stations were our stationary observers have been deployed opened on time.

Transparency International Georgia (TI Georgia) will deploy 600 observers to monitor the parliamentary elections on October 31, 2020. Our static observers will cover 400 precincts throughout Tbilisi. In addition, 100 mobile groups are mobilized to ob

 Despite ongoing reforms, the judicial system is yet to be freed from unhealthy influences:  The observation on the judicial system for years has shown that, in the course of time, the authorities abandoned the idea of creation of an indepe

Key FindingsAccording to the amendments to the election legislation adopted by the Parliament of Georgia on July 2, 2020:The election threshold required for parties to receive public funding decreased from 3% to 1%;The rules for defining the amount o

 Transparency International Georgia, as usual, assesses the state of affairs with regard to the media in Georgia in the run up to elections. In this case, the period between the 2016 parliamentary elections and present (the 2020 parliamentary el

IntroductionOn August 31, 2020, the Decree of the President of Georgia established that the next Parliamentary Elections would be held on October 31 of the same year. The official pre-election campaign began on September 1, sixty days prior to the ca

 The Government of Georgia (GoG) has submitted to the Parliament a draft law on the 2021 State Budget. Below you will find a brief evaluation of the draft and recommendations prepared by Transparency International Georgia. It should also be note

Key FindingsTransparency International Georgia's observation of the parliamentary elections from July 1 to October 20, 2020 revealed the following findings in terms of the misuse of administrative resources:Misuse of enforcement administrative resour