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PRESSURE AGAINST MEMBERS OF THE UNM IN BATUMI

Date: 2014-08-07
District: Batumi
Incident Category: Intimidation, Physical attack

2014-04-10 Members of the organization Anti-Clan, Merab Ghoghoberidzde and Vakhtang Mitiashvili started throwing eggs at Gigi Ugulava and verbally abused him as he appeared at the trial in Batumi Constitutional Court on April 10, 2014. Batumi City Court ordered 3-day administrative detention against Merab Ghoghoberidze for the incident, and fined Vakhtang Mitiashvili with 100 laris for violating public order...

Date: 2014-07-04
District: Saburtalo
Incident Category: Intimidation, Political arrest

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Date: 2014-07-03
District: Saburtalo
Incident Category: Intimidation, Political arrest

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Date: 2014-06-22
District: Terdjola
Incident Category: Intimidation, Dismissal from work

2014-06-22 ...

VERBAL AND PHYSCIAL ASSAULT AGAINST MEMBERS OF UNM IN TSAGERI

Date: 2014-06-09
District: Cageri , Tsageri
Incident Category: Intimidation, Physical attack, Hindering carrying a campaign

2014-06-09 On June 9, the leaders of the United National Movement Gigi Ugulava and Giga Bokeria held a pre-election meeting with voters near Tsageri Culture House. The members of the Georgian Dream Coalition Lasha Kvirikashvil, a candidate for Tsageri City Council membership, Gogita Akhvlediani, independent candidate in the village named Agvi, and Ramaz Murtskvanidze who works in the local office of the Coalition in Tsageri started throwing eggs at the leaders of the UN and attacking them physic...

ATTEMPT TO DISRUPT THE MEETING OF UNM IN BATUMI

Date: 2014-06-07
District: Batumi , Batumi
Incident Category: Intimidation, Physical attack, Hindering carrying a campaign

2014-06-07 On June 7 the leaders of the United National Movement Gigi Ugulava, Giorgi Baramidze, and Giga Bokeria were holding a pre-election meeting in Batumi, near Batumi Drama Theatre. The meeting was joined by a member of a former civil society organization People’s Assembly David Loria, and a former political prisoner Jemal Duadze. The two individuals urged the leaders of the UNM to speak about various facts, which happened during the rule of the UNM. The demands of the participants, direct...

XENOPHOBIC REMARKS MADE DURING THE PRE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN

Date: 2014-06-04
District: Batumi
Incident Category: Other

2014-05-06 ISFED’s coordinator reported that on May 6 during a meeting held at Civic Engagement Center in Batumi, where the Labor Party nominated candidates for the self-government elections, head of the Labor Party’s organization in Adjara Davit Robakidze made xenophobic remarks. He said that he believes the city must be governed by an ethnic Georgian, adding that candidate nominated by him for the office of Mayor is a Georgian, born and raised in Batumi. We believe that discriminatory ...

DISMISSAL OF GAMGEBELI IN KVARELI MUNICIPALITY

Date: 2014-06-04
District: Khvareli
Incident Category: Intimidation, Dismissal from work

2014-04-25 On April 25, during a closet meeting of Kvareli Sakrebulo, Gamgebeli Davit Kevkhishvili was dismissed from office. His dismissal was proceeded by a noisy meeting on April 14, in which part of Sakrebulo members confronted Gamgebeli during discussions of 2013 budget implementation. Some members of Sakrebulo criticized opinion of the financial service, while Gamgebeli publicly criticized Sakrebulo for interfering with his work. The meeting grew into an argument and verbal confrontation...

PROVIDING EASTER BASKETS AND MEDICINE TO THE POPULATION IN AKHMETA

Date: 2014-06-04
District: Akhmeta
Incident Category: Vote buying, Delivery of money/gifts/services from a public servant

2014-04-30 On April 30, Acting Gamgebeli of Akhmeta Municipality Beka Baidauri, chief of administrative office of Gamgeoba and head of the local office of the Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia Mamuka Kholegashvili visited Tusheti to provide Easter baskets and medicine to the population. Acting Gamgebeli and his accompanying individuals were flown in Tusheti by a helicopter owned by Tusheti Air Company. As winner of the tender announced by the municipality Gamgeoba, Tusheti Air Company has an o...

KARELI – GIFTS FOR VETERANS OF WAR

Date: 2014-06-04
District: Qareli
Incident Category: Vote buying, Delivery of money/gifts/services from a public servant

2014-05-09 On May 9, Acting Gamgebeli of Kareli Municipality Zaza Guliashvili and head of the social service Zaza Gachechiladze visited all participants of WWII in Kareli District to mark the Victory Day. ISFED’s coordinator reported that 22 veterans living in Kareli District were provided with 100 laris each personally by Zaza Guliashvili...

KARELI – GIFTS FOR IDP FAMILIES

Date: 2014-06-04
District: Qareli
Incident Category: Vote buying, Delivery of money/gifts/services from a public servant

2014-04-17 On April 17, 2014, Acting Kareli Municipality Gamgebeli Zaza Guliashvili met with internally displaced persons. He is a supporter of the Georgian Dream and plans to participate in local self-government elections as their candidate. Guliashvili provided gifts to IDP families living in Akhalsopeli, Mokha and Agara for Easter. He also visited IDP families living in settlements of Akhalsopeli, Mokhisi and Agara and provided them with gifts. He also visited the eldest dweller of Akhals...

PARTICIPATION OF UNAUTHORIZED INDIVIDUALS IN THE PRE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN

Date: 2014-06-04
District: Kaspi
Incident Category: Misuse of administrative resources, Participation of public servants

2014-04-22 Trustee of territorial unit in the village of Gomi, Kaspi Municipaliti – Kakhaber Katsiashvili and a specialist of the territorial unit Marina Lomiashvili were collected signatures for a candidate for Sakrebulo membership, Aleksi Bidzinashvili. From Aril 220 through May 5, 2014, ISFED’s coordinator personally interviewed several residents of Gomi Village in Kaspi Municipality who confirmed the fact and stated that the trustee and the specialist were collecting signatures inclu...

USE OF THE STATE-OWNED TRANSPORT VEHICLES IN KUTAISI

Date: 2014-06-04
District: Kutaisi
Incident Category: Misuse of administrative resources, Use of transport/communication/office assets

2014-05-03 On May 3 in Kutaisi, in frames of the pre-election campaign of the coalition Georgian Dream, Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili presented Georgian Dream’s candidates for the offices of Gamgebelis in municipalities of Imereti Region. Notably, the assembly was also attended by residents of nearby districts. ISFED’s coordinator found that Gamgebeli Koba Lursmanashvili arrived from Kharagauli to Kutaisi in a vehicle owned by Gamgeoba; further, Gamgeoba’s own vehicles were also fo...

INCREASING THE BUDGET OF THE CITY OF BATUMI

Date: 2014-06-04
District: Batumi
Incident Category: Misuse of administrative resources

2014-04-14 On April 14, budget of the self-governing city of Batumi was increased with 10 million laris for funding of health, social and infrastructural programs. Majority of the funds – 7 200 000 laris was allocated on infrastructural projects. Funding for social and health programs will be increased with 50 000 laris. The Election Code of Georgia prohibits from the 60th day prior to the Elections Day through the Elections Day, implementation of such projects or programs that had not b...

PROJECT FOR FUNDING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FIELD OF TOURISM IN ADJARA

Date: 2014-06-04
District: Batumi
Incident Category: Misuse of administrative resources, Use of budget funds

2014-05-07 On May 7, 2014, the Government of Adjara Autonomous Republic and Liberty Bank concluded an agreement for the promotion of small and medium tourism business on the territory of Adjara. In frames of the program, Liberty Bank will offer loans to beneficiaries with a seasonal schedule of payment of installments and with an interest rate of 15%, including 3% to be paid by beneficiary and remaining 12% to be paid from the budget of Adjara A/R for the following three years. After the perio...

INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECT IN POTI

Date: 2014-06-04
District: Poti
Incident Category: Misuse of administrative resources, Use of budget funds

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INCREASE OF WAGES OF DEDOPLISTSKARO PRE-SCHOOL CENTER

Date: 2014-06-04
District: Dedoplistskaro
Incident Category: Misuse of administrative resources, Use of budget funds

2014-05-01 Internet newspaper Kiziki reported that employees of Dedoplistskaro pre-school center will receive increased wages starting from May4. According to chief of the office of Sakrebulo, Khatuna Gonashvili, the initiative was envisaged by the 2014 budget but the wages were actually increased starting from May 1. 250 employees of Dedoplistskaro pre-school center had their wages increased 30%...

THE PRIME MINISTER’S PROMISE TO INCREASE WAGES FOR DOCTORS

Date: 2014-06-04
District: Kutaisi
Incident Category: Misuse of administrative resources, Use of budget funds

2014-05-03 On May 3 in Kutaisi, Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Gharibashvili announced a 30% increase of wages of doctors during his visit in medical facility of Imereti Region, starting from the following month.3 ISFED applied to the Government Chancellery with a request for accessing public information in order to find out when the initiative was conceived. Regardless, the Prime Minister’s promise to increase wages of thousands of voters during the pre-election period creates suspi...