Elections are won by people’s trust rather than a certain model. Nobody should attempt to blame the lack of support on part of the population to the specifics of an election system – Chairman of Parliament Archil Talakvadze said during the briefing held at Georgian Dream Party office.

According to Talakvadze, transformation onto the proportional system of elections was the initiative of Georgian Dream party and a special passage was added into Constitution that the elections in Georgia would be fully held based on proportional rule starting 2024.

Parliament Speaker further elaborated on that the initiative of Georgian Dream to hold the 2020 parliamentary polls with the proportional system was not backed by one part of lawmakers on November 14, unfortunately.

“Non-fulfillment of the initiative does not mean the end of the world as opponents want to portray the situation now. This means that elections in Georgia will be held with the same system till 2024,” Talakvadze said.

Talakvadze also claimed that the ruling team would continue working on the reform of the election legislation by taking into consideration the OSCE recommendations and keep on consultations with Georgia’s international partners.

The constitutional changes prepared by the parliamentary majority regarding transformation onto the proportional system of elections were turned down in the parliament on November 14. Some majority MPs left their parliamentary seats and posts. The oppositional parties and Georgian public representatives turned to the street in protest.