MISUSE OF ADMINISTRATIVE RESOURCES
2016-07-18 On July 18, the Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia party introduced majoritarian candidates in Imereti Region. Baghdati Municipality Self-Government published information about the event on its official website and Facebook page. Both news releases contained party symbols. Using municipality website to publish information about party activities contains signs of misuse of administrative resources, prohibited under Article 49.6 of the Election Code of Georgia, which reads: “In the course of campaigning, it is prohibited to produce, by funds from the State Budget/local self-government unit budget of Georgia, campaign materials, video or audio materials, or to create the website or any part thereof where any electoral subject/political party or its sequence number assigned during elections is displayed and/or which comprise materials in support of/against any electoral subject/political party.”


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