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. 

Is Margvelashvili’s pre-election campaign really in line with the “new political standard”?

Giorgi Margvelashvili claimed that he has resigned from his post of a Minister of Education and Science of Georgia to take a step towards setting the “new political standard”.  Since the law did not oblige him to do so, we may evaluate his move as a positive one.

Pre-election amendments to the Adjara budget

Update: On July 25 Adjara Supreme Council approved changes to the 2013 budget - funding increased for the Goderdzi resort, Healthcare Ministry, Environment Division and TV-Radio Department. 

Appeal of NGOs to the President of Georgia regarding the change of the date of elections

2013 წლის 1 ივლისს ცნობილი გახდა პრეზიდენტის გადაწყვეტილება საპრეზიდენტო არჩევნების თარიღის გამოცხადების შესახებ.

Statement on the funding of state agricultural projects

No major violations observed at the April 27, 2013 By-Elections

Preliminary assessment of the ongoing Parliamentary By-Elections: 1:00pm

Transparency International Georgia (TI Georgia) has deployed 6 mobile teams to observe today’s Parliamentary By-Elections taking place in three single-mandate districts: Nadzaladevi, Baghdati and Samtredia. So far, a calm and relaxed atmosphere reigns over these elections, along with a low rate of participation.