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Records: 32
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A POLL IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL

Date: 2021-09-16
District: Georgia
Incident Category: Other

2021-09-16 ISFED recorded a survey of teachers conducted by a school administration representative on how they were involved in local self-government elections. The organization is not naming the school or the respondents. There was a list in the questionnaire: as a campaigner, a member of the commission, etc. Some of the teachers replied to the case manager that they were participating in the ongoing process as voters only. Relevant photos were also provided to ISFED observers. ...

CHANGES IN THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET

Date: 2021-09-06
District: Abasha
Incident Category: Other, Budget amendments in municipalities

2021-09-06 On 4 August, less than 60 days before the elections, the Abasha Municipality Sakrebulo passed a resolution, according to which the municipal budget increased by 679.9 thousand GEL, which is prohibited by the Election Code of Georgia. Changes in the budget were made with external resources, in particular with funding from the Regional Fund. The money will be spent on infrastructure projects. ...

VANDALIZATION OF A POLITICAL OFFICE

Date: 2021-09-05
District: Zugdidi
Incident Category: Other, Interference in election campaign, Interference in the activities of a political party

2021-09-05 On 29 August, Zugdidi regional office of the political union Droa was damaged. According to the head of the office Mariam Sichinava, obscene texts and a damaged poster were found at the entrance of the office. According to her, this is not a first case against Droa’s office. Recently, a man broke into the office, verbally insulting the party "Droa" and its founder Elene Khoshtaria. ...

POLITICALLY MOTIVATED PRESSURE

Date: 2021-09-05
District: Khvareli
Incident Category: Intimidation , Other cases of intimidation, Other, Interference in election campaign, Interference in the activities of a political party

2021-09-05
On 23 August, Kvareli Police Department summoned Levan Khutsishvili, Chief Specialist of the Mayor`s Office, for questioning. Levan Khutsishvili`s sister, who is a member of Kvareli Municipality Sakrebulo, says that the summon was related to the comments made on Facebook and the accusation that Levan Khutsishvili verbally insulted one person on the social network. According to Nino Khutsishvili, the complainant is allegedly cooperating with the State Security Services. Levan Kh...

INDIRECT PRESSURE ON THE SUPPORTERS OF THE ELECTION SUBJECT

Date: 2021-09-05
District: Poti
Incident Category: Intimidation , Other cases of intimidation, Other, Interference in election campaign

2021-09-05 According to Konstantine Topuria, the head of Poti branch of For Georgia party, on 6 August unknown persons took photos of the young supporters of the party from a Skoda car around the space designated for the youth wing of the party. He said there were criminal police officers in plain clothes in the car. Topuria suggests that the purpose of the photo shoot is to intimidate the parents of the young supporter. ...

INDIRECT PRESSURE ON THE SUPPORTERS OF THE ELECTION SUBJECT

Date: 2021-09-05
District: Telavi
Incident Category: Intimidation , Other cases of intimidation, Other, Interference in election campaign

2021-09-05
According to the member of For Georgia party Kakhaber Kemoklidze, Giorgi Gakharia`s meetings in the regions are being watched by representatives of the State Security Service and the patrol police. The submitted images, he said, showed surveillance by security, criminal and patrol police and other individuals. 

Giga Orkodashvili, Telavi mayoral candidate for For Geo...

DISCRIMINATION AGAINST A FEMALE POLITICIAN

Date: 2021-08-30
District: Kharagauli
Incident Category: Other, Discrimination and violence against women politicians

2021-08-30
Manana Barbakadze, chairwoman of Kharagauli Municipality City Council and the Gender Council in the same municipality used discriminatory and insulting language on Facebook when commenting Elene Khoshtaria’s act of colouring the building of Administration of Government with red paint.
The comment of the mayor`s representative in Vardzia administrative unit, Mzekala Glunchadze while assessing the July 5 events was also discriminatory on the grounds of homophobia and ...

USE OF PHYSICAL FORCE AGAINST A FEMALE MP

Date: 2021-08-30
District: Georgia
Incident Category: Other, Discrimination and violence against women politicians

2021-08-30 Nona Mamulashvili, the second MP of the United National Movement, stood on her desk and protested the events of July 5 by raising a poster with the image of Lekso Lashkarava. Georgian Dream MPs reminded her of the rules of conduct and then Irakli Zarkua, a member of the majority physically removed her from the View More

HARASSMENT OF A FEMALE MP

Date: 2021-08-30
District: Georgia
Incident Category: Other, Discrimination and violence against women politicians

2021-08-30 On July 18 the speech of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Vakhtang Gomelauri was interrupted in the Parliament during the very first sentence by the opposition MPs. The protest of the opposition and the journalists was followed by a verbal confrontation between the members of the majority and the opposition. One of the leaders of the National Movement, Tina Bokuchava tried to approach the seat of the Speaker, but the majority MP, Shalva Papuashvili actuallyView More

HARASSMENT OF A FEMALE MP

Date: 2021-08-30
District: Georgia
Incident Category: Other, Discrimination and violence against women politicians

2021-08-30 On July 12, United National Movement MP Ana Tsitlidze View More

DISCRIMINATION AGAINST A WOMAN CANDIDATE

Date: 2021-08-30
District: Gori
Incident Category: Other, Discrimination and violence against women politicians

2021-08-30 At the City Council meeting held in Gori City Council, the chairman Davit Razmadze called the independent member Irma Ambardnishvili a "streer woman” and said that there is no place for such women in the City Council. Razmadze`s sexist statements were followed by the responses from both journalists and representatives of the non-governmental sector. Irma Ambardnishvili asks the Public Defender and the Parliament to investigate a...

ACTIVITIES AIMING AT WINNING HEART OF VOTERS

Date: 2021-08-30
District: Chokhatauri
Incident Category: Vote buying, Delivery of money/gifts/services from a political party or a candidate, Alleged voter bribery by a majoritarian MP, Other

2021-08-30
On July 19, a Facebook post and photos were posted on the personal Facebook page of Chokhatauri majoritarian MP Vasil Chigogidze, according to which food packages were provided to socially vulnerable families and families with various needs in Chokhatauri. Davit Sharashidze, head of the Georgian Dream youth organization and mayoral candidate, participated in the awarding of gift packages.
The bur...