• On August 21, Georgian Dream, within the framework of its election campaign, held a party event in Mtskheta. In a video footage broadcast by TV Pirveli, it is evident that at the event some budgetary organizations’ employees, such as kindergarten attendants and school teachers, were present. The video has also located presumably a social security employment program beneficiary.

These facts are problematic because they may indicate coercive engagement of inferior public employees or otherwise dependent persons in the ruling party’s election campaign. Under Article 150 of the Criminal Code, forcing someone to perform or not to perform an action is a criminal offense.