POSSIBLE MISUSE OF ADMINISTRATIVE RESOURCES

2021-09-26
On 10 September, at 18:00, the incumbent Mayor of Ozurgeti Municipality and a mayoral candidate Konstantine Sharashenidze held a pre-election meeting with the participation of the employees of Ozurgeti Mayor’s Office and non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal entities. The event lasted one and a half hours. This pre-election meeting bore the signs of gathering on account of official matters.
Based on ISFED’s complaint, Ozurgeti DEC, taking into account a new norm of the Election Code, fined an official for gathering employees on account of official matters for a pre-election purpose. It should be noted that this is the first time such a decision was made in the practice of election administration.