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Date: 2012-08-01 District: Gurjaani Incident Category: Vote buying, Delivery of money/gifts/services from a political party |
2012-08-01 On July 31st the political union Christian-Democratic Movement set a tableful of meals for the electorate during a pre-election meeting in Gurjaani. The leaders of the party refused to be sponsors of the event and claim that all products (wine, meat, tomatoes, cucumbers, and bread) were brought by the gathered people, and the party only organized the event. However, the majority of participants state that they did not pay anything and were invited by the Party. It can be seen from the...
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Date: 2012-07-30 District: Lagodekhi , Lagodekhi Incident Category: Intimidation, Dismissal from work |
2012-07-30 On July 3, 2012, a member of coalition Georgian Dream Lagodekhi district office, George Mchedlishvili, was dismissed from work. He was a driver for Bank "Constanta". George Mchedlishvili connects the dismissal with his political activities. More specifically, the Coalition interviewers were checking the voters list door-to-door in Lagodekhi municipality, when the governor of the territorial unit for village Kabali Jemal Niyazov demanded that they stopped working, as he cons...
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Date: 2012-07-30 District: Sighnaghi , Sighnaghi Incident Category: Intimidation, Dismissal from work |
2012-07-30 On July 2, 2012 Chairman of Republican Party, Besarion Khatiashvili, was dismissed from work and was given an order of dismissal on July 13. He worked as a teacher/boxing trainer in the School of fine arts and sports in Sighnaghi Municipality. The order of dismissal was dated on July 2, 2012, which highlighted paragraph B in article 37 of the “Labor Code” as the reason for termination. This paragraph relates to termination being brought about upon the expiration of a labor contract. ...
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Date: 2012-07-27 District: Mestia Incident Category: Intimidation, Hindering carrying a campaign |
2012-07-27 In Mestia, supports of the ruling party came to the meeting of the Georgian Dream and its leader, Bidzina Ivanishvili, with the locals. They shouted ‘Misha, Misha’ and whistled....
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Date: 2012-07-24 District: Zugdidi Incident Category: Intimidation, Other intimidation |
2012-08-02 On July 24, 2012 President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili has been meeting with population of village Tsaishi, in Zugdidi municipality. Citizen Ms. Roza Tskabelia wanted to tell president about her problems, but she didn't have an opportunity to do this as far as representatives of local government, governor himself and police officers conducted act of violence against her. GYLA applied to law enforcing organs for investigation of mentioned fact. [youtube]YHf1Zva12ug[/youtube]...
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Date: 2012-07-23 District: Lanchkhuti , Lanchkhuti Incident Category: Intimidation, Other intimidation |
2012-07-23 ISFED observer, Nana Sanikidze,is a part-time employee in Valodia Suladze State Museum under control of Lanchkhuti Cultural Center. On July 23, Lawyer of Lanchkhuti Cultural Center, Zaira Gurgenidze allegedly demanded dismissal of Nana Sanikidze from work, as if working in non-governmental organization is incompatible activity for public servant....
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Date: 2012-07-23 District: Chkhorotsku , Chkhorotsku Incident Category: Intimidation, Other intimidation |
2012-07-23 Two cars were spotted spying on the house where the majoritarian candidacy of coalition Georgian Dream Levan Izoria lives on July 22. The owner of the house, Valodi Badzaghua, noticed the cars' suspicious activity so made a note of the cars' registration numbers which were reportedly BKB 170 and ZSH 999. However, upon approaching the vehicles to identify the occupants, they accelerated toward Badzaghua and crashed into his neighbour's fence. Badzaghua says that the occu...
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Date: 2012-07-22 District: Lagodekhi Incident Category: Intimidation, Intimidation from the law enforcement forces |
2012-07-22 The meeting between the leader of Georgian Dream coalition Bidzina Ivanishvili and the victims of Lagodekhi disaster was held under the surveillance of Kakheti branch of MIA Constitutional Security Department, including Zura Grdzelishvili. They were driving a black Mercedes....
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Date: 2012-07-22 District: Lagodekhi Incident Category: Intimidation, Hindering carrying a campaign, Misuse of administrative resources, Participation of public servants |
2012-07-22 Goga Khachidze (Minister of Environment Protection of Georgia) aggressively demanded that the representatives of Georgian Dream let him pass to meet the leader of Georgian Dream, because he is a government Minister....
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Date: 2012-07-20 District: Tbilisi , Tbilisi Incident Category: Intimidation, Dismissal from work |
2012-07-20 On June 2012, I was dismissed from one of the departments of a public institution where I was working as a specialist. During my employment, I have been demonstrating my position and sympathies with coalition Georgian Dream. At the staff meeting two weeks prior to dismissal, we devised tasks and were planning to implement several projects. Two weeks later, I was unexpectedly informed that my employment would cease until November and that I was to write my letter of regination immediat...
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Date: 2012-07-19 District: Gori Incident Category: Intimidation, Intimidation from the law enforcement forces |
2012-08-02 Mr. Kakhaber Gogiashvili was detained for participation in Karaleti incident. According to decision of Gori city court he was sentenced to 15 days of administrative imprisonment. He was placed in insulator for temporary imprisonment of Sagarejo district, where he was an object of psychological influence and coercion from employees of the insulator. On July 25, 2012 GYLA applied to chief prosecutor of Georgia with request to start investigation of mentioned fact. GYLA also applied to m...
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Date: 2012-07-19 District: Tbilisi , Tbilisi Incident Category: Intimidation, Other intimidation, Misuse of administrative resources, Participation of public servants |
2012-07-21 Ministry employees were ordered to collect data (name, address, ID number, telephone number) from 10 citizens who will vote for the National Movement in the elections. They are instructed to mark their voting preference in a manner that corresponds with their preferred political party e.g. 3 dots, a square etc. The process started about two weeks ago and all employees were ordered to collect the data....
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Date: 2012-07-19 District: Tbilisi , Tbilisi Incident Category: Other |
2012-07-21 On July 11, 2012, the Minister of Foreign Affairs signed the N158 Decree on amendments to Decree N241, which was signed on 10 October, 2011, by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Article 5 of the N158 Decree provides that "citizens of Georgia residing abroad will not be able to obtain consular registration if they fail to present documentation concerning their dwelling place". Citizens of Georgian residing abroad need consular registration in order to participate in parliament...
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Date: 2012-07-17 District: Dedoplistskaro , Arkhiloskalo Incident Category: Intimidation, Threatening, Misuse of administrative resources, Participation of public servants |
2012-08-21 On July 17, 2012, Shalva Kornauli, a trustee of the village of Arkhiloskalo, prohibited activists of the party Free Georgia – Zhuzhuna Kenkadze and Natia Natadze from working to register supporters of the party in the village of Arkiloskalo. The party activists informed ISFED’s LTO that the village trustee prohibited them from working and moving around the territory of the village in various districts of the village....
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Date: 2012-07-13 District: Lentekhi , Lentekhi Incident Category: Vote buying, Delivery of money/gifts/services from a political party |
2012-07-13 Competition for amateurs in arm wrestling was held on May 22, 2012, organized by the youth organization of the Christian Democratic Movement, where up to 40 amateur arm wrestlers participated. It is noteworthy that winners of first, second and third places were awarded with cell-phones by the organizers....
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Date: 2012-07-13 District: Terdjola , Kveda Simoneti Incident Category: Intimidation, Other intimidation |
2012-07-13 According to Sopio Buskivadze, a representative of the coalition Georgian Dream, they stopped providing social welfare to Neli Gabelaia of the village of Kveda Simoneti after she signed a petition for the restoration of Bidzina Ivanishvili’s citizenship. Neli Gabelaia's entitlement to social welfare was cut in February, which she only discovered in March....
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Date: 2012-07-13 District: Gurjaani , Gurjaani Incident Category: Vote buying, Delivery of money/gifts/services via other person |
2012-07-13 On June 29, 2012, teacher Tamar Amonashvili was questioned as a witness after being dismissed from the village of Kalauri public school. She had received USD 117 from the international charity foundation Komagi. After the questioning, Tamar Amonashvili informed ISFED’s LTO that in late April 2012 she was dismissed for her spouse’s political beliefs. Tamar Amonashvili applied to the foundation in late May and opened an account at VTB bank. On June 29 she was visited by a district inspe...
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Date: 2012-07-13 District: Kaspi , Kaspi Incident Category: Vote buying, Delivery of money/gifts/services via other person |
2012-07-13 On June 17, 2012, Zaza Chelidze was detained on charges of policeman bribery. More specifically, he’s been charged with bribing Lasha Kurtanidze, operative officer of Igoeti Police Department in Kaspi District. According to the head of the analytical department, Shota Utiashvili, Zaza Chelidze offered money to Lasha Kurtanidze for making covert recordings reflecting political sentiments of the police and meetings at Igoeti Police Department. According to Utiashvili, Kurtanidze was pai...
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Date: 2012-07-13 District: Poti , Poti Incident Category: Vote buying, Delivery of money/gifts/services from a public servant |
2012-07-13 In the period of June 20-25, 2012, Sakrebulo member from UNM Tengiz Sarishvili and several other individuals met with residents of Baratashvili St. 99. During the meeting one of the citizens Luda Udalova-Khizanishvili asked Tengiz Sarishvili to install a satellite dish for her. Tengiz Sarishvili promised he would and later installed the dish....
