OCTOBER 8, 2016 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

October 8, 2016 Parliamentary Elections

First mid-term pre-election monitoring report

 

The long-term observers of the PMMG conduct the pre-election monitoring in 3 districts with high density of ethnic minority settlements (#35 and #36 Marneuli, #46 Ninotsminda-Akhalkalaki election districts) and at the Central Election Commission (CEC). 

 

In the reporting period (15 July-15 September, 2016), the organisation revealed 2 facts of physical confrontation, 7 facts of alleged use of enforcements administrative resources, 1 fact of abuse of enforcement administrative resources, 1 fact of abuse of financial administrative resources, 1 fact of abuse of institutional administrative resources, 1 fact of alleged use of institutional administrative resources, 1 fact of alleged interference with the election campaign/activities and 1 fact of voter bribing.

 

Unlike the parliamentary elections of 2012, the electoral environment for the 2016 parliamentary elections is characterised with higher level of freedom, which creates more possibilities for larger number of political subjects to run electoral campaigns in comparatively free, fair and competitive environment. 

 

During the reporting period, the CEC was busy with implementing tasks according to the schedule of electoral activities, undertaking trainings in awareness raising for ethnic minority voters, members of the election administration with ethnic minority representatives, staff of various NGOs and students. An information centre was created at the CEC, which provides election-related information in languages understandable for ethnic minorities;

 

12 electoral subjects from party lists and 25 majoritarian candidates are registered and run in the elections within the geographical scope of the present monitoring mission. Among the majoritarian candidates presented by the political parties in the Samtskhe-Javakheti and Kvemo Kartli regions 17 belong to the ethnic minorities.

 

The present report was prepared and published by the PMMG within the frames of the project “To contribute to the conduct of more free and fair Parliamentary Elections in the areas of Samtskhe-Javakheti and Kvemo Kartli regions”. The project is funded by the Dutch Embassy in Georgia.The content of the publication is under the sole responsibility of the “Multinational Georgia” and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the donor.

 

 

October 8, 2016 Parliamentary Elections First mid-term pre-election monitoring report

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