INTIMIDATION/HARASSMENT BASED ON ALLEGED POLITICAL MOTIVE
2020-07-25 On July 25, head of Lelo for Georgia campaign office in Khelvachauri, Merab Abashidze told ISFED
observer that three individuals employed at different positions refused to cooperate with the party, citing
different reasons.
A man who is employed by a construction company said that if he continued to cooperate with the party,
he would have problems with the company. Another man who works as an accountant cited the same
reason for leaving the party, and the third person, a woman, who was appointed as coordinator by the
party, announced several days later that she was unemployed but if she cooperated with the party, her
family members would have problems at work, so she left Lelo for Georgia office. Head of the office
refused to disclose identities of these individuals, upon their request.