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| Vote Buying | |
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Number of incidents and number of incident categories differ, as one incident report may include 2 or more incident categories
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Date: 2018-11-19 District: Marneuli , Marneuli Incident Category: Vote Buying , Delivery of money/gifts/services from a political party |
2018-11-19 During campaigning in villages of Marneuli, GD representatives offer sweet treats to voters. Photos from these meetings were posted by MP Ruslan Gajiev on his Facebook page and show a table with sweets, tea, etc....
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Date: 2018-11-19 District: Abasha , Abasha Incident Category: Vote Buying |
2018-11-19 In an interview with ISFED, local resident Mikheil Uchaneishvili stated that Abasha Sakrebulo Member that represents a village, Avto Gunia offered him GEL 50 in exchange for him and his family supporting Salome Zourabichvili in the runoff. In a phone conversation with the observer, Avto Gunia denied this report. In addition, UNM member Anzor Barbakadze informed ISFED observer inert material – gravel that is being distributed among population, along with paying gas and electricity bil...
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Date: 2018-11-19 District: , Tbilisi Incident Category: Vote Buying , Delivery of money/gifts/services from a public servant |
2018-11-19 During a briefing on November 19, PM Mamuka Bakhtadze announced that loans for more than half a million people will be written off. According to the PM8 “we are talking about financial obligations of 600,000 people before banks, online organizations and other institutions, with a total amount of about 1.5 billion Laris. According to the decision made today, 1.5 billion in unpaid loans will be written off.” He also stated that the process will start on December 15 and end on December 3...
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Date: 2018-11-19 District: Chokhatauri , Chokhatauri Incident Category: Intimidation |
2018-11-19 In villages of Chokhatauri Municipality, mayor representatives, GD coordinators and Sakrebulo members that represent villages are promising to provide social assistance to individuals that sympathize with the opposition in exchange for supporting Salome Zourabichvili. ISFED observer verified this report. Several individuals confirmed in a private conversation that mayor representatives and Sakrebulo members that represent villages are urging them to support Salome Zurabishvili. In ret...
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Date: 2018-11-19 District: Batumi , Batumi Incident Category: Intimidation |
2018-11-19 GD supporters visited an apartment in Batumi, which is currently rented out by the owner, to find out why the owner of the apartment did not participate in the election; where is the owner now and whether or not he plans to participate in the runoff. The fact that GD coordinators knew that the owner of the apartment did not vote in the first round raises certain questions how this information became available to them....
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Date: 2018-11-19 District: Chokhatauri , Chokhatauri Incident Category: Intimidation, Threatening |
2018-11-19 In Chokhatauri Municipality, individuals with previous conviction for use of drugs are pressured, so are the youth that were serving a sentence for certain crimes. ISFED observer examined and verified these reports. Several people confirmed that the so-called “old boys” are pressuring the youth, urging them to support Salome Zourabichvili. Another individual reported to ISFED observer that her son, who has a previous conviction, is pressured by GD campaign workers....
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Date: 2018-11-19 District: Ozurgeti , Ozurgeti Incident Category: Intimidation, Threatening |
2018-11-19 Several residents of Likhauri village informed ISFED observer that former prisoners Kakha Urushadze, Chelidze and Tsetskhladze are going door-to-door, demanding that locals vote for the candidate endorsed by the Georgian Dream, otherwise they promise to create problems....
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Date: 2018-11-19 District: Chokhatauri , Chokhatauri Incident Category: Intimidation, Threatening |
2018-11-19 ISFED observer was informed that GD coordinators, activists and campaign workers are visiting villages, going door-to-door and urging pensioners to support Salome Zourabichvili, otherwise their family members that are employed in public or private sector will have problems. One of the pensioners informed ISFED observer that Sakrebulo Member from the village urged her to support Salome Zourabichvili and said that he would find out anyways who she voted for....
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Date: 2018-11-19 District: Ozurgeti , Ozurgeti Incident Category: Intimidation |
2018-11-19 European Georgia coordinator in Dvabzu village, who asked to remain anonymous, informed ISFED observer that he was offered GEL 300 from the local GD office to work in favor of the ruling party....
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Date: 2018-11-19 District: Chokhatauri , Chokhatauri Incident Category: Intimidation, Threatening |
2018-11-19 ISFED observer was informed by three socially vulnerable families that GD coordinators and the city hall representatives are threatening to cancel social assistance for their families unless they support Salome Zourabichvili in the runoff....
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Date: 2018-11-19 District: Qareli , Kareli Incident Category: Intimidation |
2018-11-19 At the local GD office of Kareli, meetings with party supporters are held almost on a daily basis. ISFED found out that chair of GD organization in Kareli, Zaza Guliashvili is also holding these meetings with employees of budgetary organizations, especially with employees of local non-profit (non-commercial) legal entities that operate in the sports field. During these meetings he gives them instructions to vote for Salome Zourabichvili in the runoff and ask their relatives and friend...
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Date: 2018-11-19 District: Gurjaani , Gurjaani Incident Category: Intimidation |
2018-11-19 Employees of Gurjaani City Hall conducted telephone polling, asking voters who they are voting for. The person that reported this to ISFED observer asked to remain anonymous....
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Date: 2018-11-19 District: Gurjaani , Gurjaani Incident Category: Intimidation |
2018-11-19 ISFED observer was informed that under instructions of director of a soup kitchen Zaza Jgudishvili, beneficiaries of the establishment are surveyed to find out who they are voting for and lists are being prepared. The person who reported this to ISFED observer asked to remain anonymous....
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Date: 2018-11-19 District: Chokhatauri , Chokhatauri Incident Category: Intimidation |
2018-11-19 According to information obtained by ISFED LTO, DEC-elected members of PECs are intimidated by representatives of the authorities. One of the PEC members stated that she is under pressure and she may not even join the precinct commission for the runoff....
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Date: 2018-11-19 District: Chokhatauri , Chokhatauri Incident Category: Intimidation, Threatening |
2018-11-19 In a private conversation ISFED LTO was informed by an employee of a non-profit (non-commercial) legal entity in Chokhatauri Municipality that her husband who supports the united opposition is experiencing psychological pressure by law enforcement officers. She cannot talk about this openly because she fears that she will lose her job....
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Date: 2018-11-19 District: Khashuri , Khashuri Incident Category: Intimidation |
2018-11-19 ISFED observer learned that in a kindergarten in Khashuri, teachers are demanding copies of parents’ ID cards. One parent asked why does she need to bring her ID card to the kindergarten but the kindergarten employee did not respond and quickly changed the topic of the conversation. The parent suspects that this has to do with the presidential runoff....
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Date: 2018-11-19 District: Gurjaani , Gurjaani Incident Category: Intimidation |
2018-11-19 Civil servants at the city hall of Gurjaani Municipality are pressured. In particular, the municipality leadership warned them that if Salome Zourabichvili does not win in their precinct, they would have to say goodbye to their jobs. This was reported to ISFED observer by civil servants that asked to remain anonymous....
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Date: 2018-11-19 District: Chokhatauri , Chokhatauri Incident Category: Intimidation |
2018-11-19 In Chokhatauri Municipality, individuals that sympathize with the opposition are subjected to intimidation by the GD coordinators, mayor’s representatives in villages and Sakrebulo members from villages. Managers and employees of kindergartens are also subjected to pressure. Several citizens and a kindergarten teacher reported to ISFED LTO about acts of intimidation....
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Date: 2018-11-19 District: Gurjaani , Gurjaani Incident Category: Intimidation |
2018-11-19 Owner of Gurjaani Ice-cream Factory, Guram Berikashvili who is a Georgian Dream activist and supporter of the candidate endorsed by the ruling party, is urging the company employees and their family members to support Salome Zourabichvili. An employee of the factory initially agreed to let ISFED make this fact public but after some time he decided to remain anonymous stating that he did not want to create problems for his family and friends....
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Date: 2018-11-19 District: Sighnaghi , Signagi Incident Category: Intimidation |
2018-11-19 In the territorial bodies of Sighnaghi villages, representatives of the Georgian Dream party are meeting with school principals, representatives of kindergartens and village libraries. One of the village librarians reported to ISFED that she received a call from the manager of the non-profit (non-commercial) legal entity telling her to go to the mayor’s representative, he would then give her a specific assignment for the pre-election period....
