Transparency International Georgia’s statement on the current election process (07:00 – 12:00)

TI Georgia Releases a New Wonitoring Report on the Misuse of Administrative Resources ahead of 2013 Presidential Elections

Response to the midterm report of the Interagency Task Force

The Interagency Task Force for Free and Fair Elections (IATF),  under the coordination of the Ministry of Justice, has published a midterm report of its activities.

Statement regarding the UNM’s leaving the Interagency Commission

Relaunching Georgia's Elections Portal: ElectionsPortal.ge and Data.ElectionsPortal.ge

Short overview of pre-election processes

Georgia’s next presidential election will take place on 27 October. Holding it in a peaceful and competitive manner will depend on whether candidates will be able to campaign freely and whether the electorate is able to freely express its will through the ballot.

Civil servants at pre-election rally and counter rally in Zugdidi

Should public broadcaster have aired the counter ad of the Georgian Dream?

On 10 September, the Georgian Public Broadcaster (the GPB) declined (in Georgian) a request from the United National Movement (the UNM) to air six videos of a political nature, citing that the videos did not comply with the requi

Salome Zourabichvili should have been allowed to run in presidential elections

On 3 September, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia refused to register Salome Zourabichvili as a candidate for the 2013 presidential elections. Zourabichvili holds both Georgian and French citizenship.

NGOs present a candidate for the position of the Cental Election Commission's chairperson

At a press conference today, eleven non-governmental organizations working on electoral issues announced that they are proposing Ms. Tamar Zhvania as a candidate for the chairperson's position of the Central Election Commission.