2021-09-29
According to local representatives of For Georgia party, public school teachers are under pressure. As a result of pressure, they refused to represent the party in PECs. Teachers confirmed the fact to ISFED representative, but chose to remain anonymous. According to them, the pressure is exerted by Lira Ghurtskaia, the majoritarian candidate of the Georgian Dream. Ghurtskaia is also the head of the Tsalenjikha Educational Resource Center.
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2021-09-26
On 9 September, a photo was posted on the Facebook page of supporters of Georgian Dream`s Tsalenjikha mayoral candidate Goga Gulordava, showing the fact that party activists had bought food and distributed it to citizens.
ISFED appealed to the Interagency Commission for Free and Fair Elections (ICFFE) about this fact and requested to respond accordingly. According to the prosecution, due to the presence of signs of crime, the investigation ...
2021-09-26
According to Gela Abuladze, For Georgia’s majoritarian candidate in Tsalenjikha Municipality, a politically motivated investigation was launched against him following his engagement in politics. Gela Abuladze has been running a family business (livestock) for many years and had previously registered a plot of land years ago. Currently, the investigative body accuses him of illegal land registration and had summoned his family members for questioning.
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2021-09-26
According to information provided to ISFED observer, Jgali-Medani`s majoritarian MP candidate from the Georgian Dream Lira Ghurtskaia, who is also Head of the Educational Resource Center, threatened to fire a teacher whose spouse is a UNM majoritarian candidate from the same village, unless he withdrew from the race. The candidate confirmed this information to the observer, but noted that, following negotiations, threats / pressure were no longer being used at this stage and that ...
2021-09-26
On 6 September, in the same majoritarian constituency, Dato Khasaia, nominated on behalf of the United National Movement, withdrew his candidacy. He is a teacher at the first public school of Chale community. According to UNM, due to the fact that Dato Khasaia was a very strong candidate, he was pressured.
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2021-09-26
According to Lali Shamugia, the majoritarian candidate for For Georgia party, she withdrew from the race of Chale-Muzhava majoritarian district of Tsalenjikha municipality because of pressure, namely: State Security Services officials threatened to fire her son and son-in-law if she did not withdraw her candidacy. Lali Shamugia is a teacher at the first public school in the Chale community of Tsalenjikha Municipality.
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