INTIMIDATION AGAINST MEMBERS OF THE DEC

2013-10-06 according to ISFED’s representative, head of the coalition Georgian Dream’s office in Chokhatauri, Irakli Kuchava was preparing lists of coalition activists in advance for providing it to district election commissions, in order for these individuals to be elected as PEC members. At the end of the DEC meeting, the Chairperson Temur Kutubidze straightforwardly criticized members of the commission for their failure to elect some of the candidates that had been suggested. One of the members of the DEC validated the report in an interview with ISFED. She stated that due to the pressure that they are subjected to DEC members are unable to vote for their favorite candidate.