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INTIMIDATION/HARASSMENT ON POLITICAL GROUNDS

Date: 2018-12-10
District: Khashuri , Khashuri
Incident Category: Intimidation

2018-11-19 In Khashuri, GD officials and local authority representatives are forcing firefighters/rescue officers to vote for Salome Zourabichvili, demanding that they take a photo at the voting booth to prove that they voted for her. One of the firefighters confirmed to ISFED that the report is true. Another firefighter was promised a phone by the ruling party representative, in order to be able to take the photo....

INTIMIDATION/HARASSMENT ON POLITICAL GROUNDS

Date: 2018-12-10
District: Marneuli , Marneuli
Incident Category: Intimidation

2018-12-10 Employees and activists of the Georgian Dream office in Marneuli are pressuring activists of the United National Movement. In particular, they are telling students that if they continue working for the party, company SOCAR will stop paying their tuition fees. Two students that live in Marneuli informed ISFED observer about it....

INTIMIDATION-HARASSMENT ON POLITICAL GROUNDS

Date: 2018-12-10
District: Borjomi , Borjomi
Incident Category: Intimidation

2018-12-10 According to ISFED observer, employees of a kindergarten in Borjomi are ordered to go to the precincts and vote for the candidate endorsed by the Georgian Dream, Salome Zourabichvili. In addition, GD campaign workers have unified lists of voters, according to their places of registration, indicating who voted in the first round and who did not. In light of this, civil servants are strictly ordered to take all members of their family to the polling stations, for voting in favor of Sal...

INTIMIDATION/HARASSMENT ON POLITICAL GROUNDS

Date: 2018-12-10
District: Zugdidi , Zugdidi
Incident Category: Intimidation

2018-12-10 A teacher reported to ISFED observer that in Kortskheli village of Zugdidi Municipality, teachers have been ordered by the city hall representative Merab Tordia to put their initials on the ballot paper next to a circle indicating their choice in favor of Salome Zourabichvili....

ALLEGEDLY POLITICALLY MOTIVATED DISMISSAL FROM WORK

Date: 2018-11-30
District: Akhaltsikhe , Akhaltsikhe
Incident Category: Intimidation, Dismissal from Work

2018-10-30 An employee of the cleaning service, Manana Egidkhanishvili states that she was dismissed from work on political motive. According to her, on October 30 she was contacted and notified about her dismissal. She says she was dismissed due to her activity in favor of the united opposition. According to the cleaning service, Manana Egidkhanishvili’s contract expired on October 30. To not be considered as dismissed, she should have requested extension of the contract. Later it turned out ...

PHYSICAL CONFRONTATION ON POSSIBLE POLITICAL MOTIVE

Date: 2018-11-29
District: Kaspi , Kaspi
Incident Category: Intimidation, Physical attack

2018-11-29 On November 29 it was reported that in Khidiskuri village of Kaspi municipality, supporter of Grigol Vashadze – Aliosha Guliloghly was beaten by his fellow-villagers, Georgian Dream supporters Gulo Bayramov and Guraza Bayramov. He was subsequently taken to Medalfa Clinic where he was diagnosed with head trauma (concussion). Initially the conflict between Gulo Bayramov and Aliosha Gulioghly began on Election Day on October 28. In the center of Khidiskuri vullage, GD supporters Gulo Ba...

INTIMIDATION ON POLITICAL GROUNDS

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...

INTIMIDATION

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....

INTIMIDATION/HARASSMENT ON POLITICAL GROUNDS

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....

INTIMIDATION/HARASSMENT ON POLITICAL GROUNDS

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....

INTIMIDATION/HARASSMENT ON POLITICAL GROUNDS

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....

INTIMIDATION

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....

INTIMIDATION/HARASSMENT ON POLITICAL GROUNDS

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....

INTIMIDATION ON POLITICAL GROUNDS

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...

INTIMIDATION/HARASSMENT ON POLITICAL GROUNDS

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....

INTIMIDATION/HARASSMENT ON POLITICAL GROUNDS

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....

INTIMIDATION/HARASSMENT ON POLITICAL GROUNDS

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....

HARASSMENT/INTIMIDATION IN POLITICAL GROUNDS

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....

INTIMIDATION-HARASSMENT ON POLITICAL GROUNDS

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....

INTIMIDATION/HARASSMENT ON POLITICAL GROUNDS

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....