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| Other | |
| Campaigning by unauthorized persons | |
| Use of hate speech | |
| Damaging campaign materials |
| Incidents reported by Non Governmental Organizations | |
| Incidents submitted by citizens |
| Intimidation | |
| Vote buying | |
| Misuse of administrative resources | |
| Other | |
| Campaigning by unauthorized persons | |
| Use of hate speech | |
| Damaging campaign materials |
| Incidents reported by Non Governmental Organizations | |
| Incidents submitted by citizens |
Number of incidents and number of incident categories differ, as one incident report may include 2 or more incident categories
| Records: 30 |
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Date: 2020-12-08 District: Vake Incident Category: Other, Interference in election campaign |
2020-12-08 On September 18, outside Lelo’s campaign office in Vake, the Georgian March organized a rally with participation of over 50 people. They scattered fake money outside the campaign office. According to Georgian March representatives, Lelo is a party of usurers and this is what the fake money symbolized. The rally ended in about 30 minutes. According to Lelo representatives, the performance aimed to interfere with their work. ...
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Date: 2020-12-08 District: Nadzaladevi Incident Category: Other, Interference in election campaign |
2020-12-08 A majoritarian candidate of Davit Chichinadze Tribune – CDM, Lia Mukhashavria and a majoritarian candidate of Our Georgia – Solidarity Alliance, Zviad Tavadze said they had problems in renting a campaign office space. Owners refused to rent them office spaces as soon as they realized that they were dealing with an opposition party. ...
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Date: 2020-10-26 District: Sighnaghi Incident Category: Intimidation , Threatening, Other, Interference in election campaign |
2020-10-26 In Sighnaghi, the European Georgia campaign office manager, Malkhaz Khutsishvili told ISFED that up to 20 activists have distanced themselves from the campaign since the ruling party representatives were intimidating them. Khutsishvili refrained from providing names because the activists asked to remain anonymous. ...
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Date: 2020-10-26 District: Sachkhere Political Parties: Georgian Dream Incident Category: Intimidation , Threatening, Other, Interference in election campaign |
2020-10-26
According to Lelo for Georgia representative, on September 19, during the opening of their office, GD-affiliated Maguli Macharashvili insulted Lelo activists verbally. She noted that in the country of Bidzina Ivanishvili, supporters of any other party were traitors. In addition, she threatened that the party activists would have problems. According to the head of Lelo’s Sachkhere office, Diana Beradze, Macharashvili is a GD coordinator in village Korbouli of Sachkhere. In addit...
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Date: 2020-10-26 District: Zestaphoni Political Parties: Georgian Dream Incident Category: Intimidation , Threatening, Other, Interference in election campaign |
2020-10-26 On October 10, in Shorapani, campaign meeting of the European Georgia majoritarian candidate, Gigi Tsereteli was attended by Liana Kajaia, a local resident, who was obstructing the candidate with her actions. In addition, she was not allowing other participants to express or finish expressing their views.
According to the European Georgia majoritarian candidate, Gigi Tsereteli, he had a meeting with locals in village Ulevi, when someone started ringing the attendees and rebuking...
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Date: 2020-10-26 District: Khobi Incident Category: Other, Interference in election campaign, Damaging campaign materials |
2020-10-26
Regional coordinator of Strategy Agmashenebeli, Badri Shelia told ISFED that someone threw a rock at the party office and damaged Giorgi Vashadze’s banner.
According to him, activists are systematically intimidated and threatened with suspending their social assistance. For example, mayoral representative of Shua Khorga, Malkhaz Makatsaria threatened a Strategy Agmashenebeli member Mzevinar Konjaria, with cancelling her social assistance because Giorgi Vashadze visi...
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Date: 2020-10-26 District: Kobuleti Political Parties: Georgian Dream Incident Category: Intimidation , Threatening, Other, Interference in election campaign |
2020-10-26 On October 12, Lelo’s majoritarian candidates, Irakli Kupradze, Paata Tsivadze, Zurab Goliadze and supporters of the party, who arrived at the central marketplace of Kobuleti for campaigning, were not allowed inside the market by the administration. Owners of the market, Aleksandre Romanadze and Malkhaz Romanadze openly declared that they were supporters of the Georgian Dream and they would not allow other parties to meet with people that work in their premises and disseminate campaig...
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Date: 2020-10-26 District: Dusheti Incident Category: Intimidation , Threatening, Other, Interference in election campaign |
2020-10-26 UNM representative Irina Ghaniashvili was giving driving theory lessons in a rented space in Zhinvali. According to her, after UNM representative Zurab Otiashvili visited her, the owner of the space was summoned by Dusheti Mayor, Zurab Sekhniashvili. After that, the owner refused to rent her the space. In addition, unidentified individuals cut Irina Ghaniashvili’s tires. She believes that it has to do with her political activity. ...
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Date: 2020-10-26 District: Bolnisi Incident Category: Intimidation , Threatening, Other, Interference in election campaign |
2020-10-26
On October 13, in Bolnisi, a campaign office of the UNM-Strength is in Unity majoritarian candidate for Dmanisi-Tsalka-Bolnisi-Tetritskaro, Kakha Okriashvili was broken into, windows were smashed. Computer equipment that the staff was using was taken. A representative of the party Dimitri Shashkini believes that the incident is con...
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Date: 2020-10-26 District: Kutaisi Incident Category: Intimidation , Threatening, Other, Interference in election campaign, Damaging campaign materials |
2020-10-26
European Georgia press office reported that someone threw a brick at the office of majoritarian candidate Otar Kakhidze in Kutaisi. They could not break the windows, but the banner was damaged. According to Kakhidze, the fact is clearly visible in the footage of surveillance cameras.
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Date: 2020-10-26 District: Chugureti Political Parties: Georgian Dream Incident Category: Intimidation , Threatening, Other, Interference in election campaign |
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Date: 2020-10-26 District: Ninotsminda Incident Category: Intimidation , Threatening, Other, Interference in election campaign |
2020-10-26 Following the statement of Mikheil Saakashvili in which he referred to Nagorno-Karabakh as the territory of Azerbaijan, locals and supporters of the ruling party in Ninotsminda slammed members of the United National Movement as "traitors”. It was reported that UNM’s local campaign office was closed down, but party representatives issued a statement denying the information. Head of t...
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Date: 2020-10-26 District: Bolnisi Incident Category: Intimidation , Threatening, Other, Interference in election campaign |
2020-10-26
According to a member of Kakha Okriashvili’s campaign office, Guja Japaridze, during a meeting of Kakha Okriashvili in village Javshaniani on October 19, as the people were already leaving, assistant of the mayoral representative passed by and verbally insulted participants of the meeting. A verbal confrontation ensued. The person who was insulted filed a police report about the threats. Assistant of the mayoral representative also filed a police report, alleging that Okriashvi...
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Date: 2020-10-26 District: Bolnisi Incident Category: Intimidation , Threatening, Other, Interference in election campaign |
2020-10-26
On October 19, someone threw rocks at the car of Levan Mikeladze, an activist of the majoritarian candidate of the united opposition, Kakha Okriashvili, while he was driving on Bolnisi-Marneuli road.
According to the information provided to ISFED observer by Kakha Okriashvili’s campaign office, two cars started foll...
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Date: 2020-10-26 District: Bolnisi Incident Category: Intimidation , Threatening, Other, Interference in election campaign, Damaging campaign materials |
2020-10-26 On October 2, at night, outside the Bolsnisi campaign office of MP candidate Kakha Okriashvili, someone threw rocks at the campaign mini-busses and damaged them. Car of a watermelon salesperson standing nearby was also damaged. Billboards were damaged by throwing rocks at them. The police have launched a probe into the matter. ...
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Date: 2020-10-26 District: Bolnisi Incident Category: Intimidation , Threatening, Other, Interference in election campaign |
2020-10-26 On September 29, following the incident of Nakhiduri, the united opposition, under the leadership of Kakha Okriashvili organized a peaceful car drive in the streets of Bolnisi. An unidentified individual threw a piece of concrete at one of the cars and smashed its window. ...
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Date: 2020-10-26 District: Gldani Incident Category: Intimidation , Threatening, Other, Interference in election campaign |
2020-10-26
On October 9, members of Nika Melia’s campaign office received insulting and threatening messages on their phones, in Viber and in Messenger.
Head of Melia’s campaign office, Tornike Bikashvili told ISFED that many people received almost identical texts, including those who are not from Gldani and who attended a large meeting held on October 9 in Gldani. He thinks that the messages have been sent by the same person or the same group. They did not report it to ...
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Date: 2020-10-26 District: Gldani Political Parties: Georgian Dream Incident Category: Intimidation , Threatening, Other, Interference in election campaign |
2020-10-26 On October 1, in the 12th building of Third Micro-District of Mukhiani, a representative of the European Georgia was planning to conduct a door-to-door visit of voters and distribute campaign materials; however, GD coordinators met him outside the building and asked him to leave the area, citing that the European Georgia supporters did not live there. Zviad Bolokadze, representative of the European Georgia, told ISFED that elderly women, who were GD coordinators, started quarreling wi...
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Date: 2020-10-23 District: Kaspi Incident Category: Intimidation , Threatening, Other, Interference in election campaign |
2020-10-23
Alliance of Patriots mayoral candidate for Kaspi Municipality, Ilia Kitriashvili is accusing representatives of the Mayor’s Office of pressuring local party supporters. According to him, the Alliance of Patriots supporters were threatened and intimidated, with the aim to prevent them from attending the rally at the Freedom Square on October 3. A representative of the Mayor’s Office approached a resident of village Metekhi, Giorgi Gejadze and threatened to cancel his social assi...
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Date: 2020-10-23 District: Kaspi Incident Category: Other, Interference in election campaign |
2020-10-23
According to the UNM representatives, on October 11, in village Khovle, their MP candidate Badri Basishvili and mayoral candidate Nugzar Noniashvili had a meeting with voters. During the meeting, they were approached by mayoral representative in village Khovle, Bachana Khutsishvili, who was under the influence of alcohol, and due to a verbal confrontation the meeting was disrupted. According to Nugzar Noniashvili, an hour before the meeting began, Bachana Khutsishvili was at th...
