MIKHEIL SAAKASHVILI PARTICIPATING IN PRE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN
Date: 2016-09-23
Period: 2016 Parliamentary elections - Pre-election period
District: Akhalqalaqi , Akhalkalaki
Incident Category: Aampaigning by unauthorized persons
2016-07-14 Former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili participated in the UNM’s pre-election campaign in violation of campaign rules. He urged voters to support the UNM’s majoritarian candidates. Article 45 (4f) prohibits foreign citizens from participating in election campaign. On July 14, the UNM introduced their majoritarian candidate for Akhalkalaki and Ninotsminda. Akhaltsikhe-based Channel 9 TV reported that former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, who currently serves as a Governor of Ukraine’s Odessa Oblast, addressed voters from a TV screen during the meeting


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