CEC session turns tense over complaints from GYLA and UNM

16:08, 10.11.2024

A session at Georgia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has stretched over four hours amid heated debates and confrontations. Tensions escalated when representatives from the Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA) and the National Movement accused the CEC Chairman, Giorgi Kalandarishvili, of failing to open a sufficient number of voting precincts abroad. Lasha Parulava, a National Movement representative, was expelled after calling the October 26 elections a ‘Russian special operation’.

The CEC dismissed GYLA’s request to invalidate the summary protocol of one of the precincts opened in the UK, as well as a complaint from the Center for Mass Media and Human Rights Protection due to a procedural delay. Currently, the commission is reviewing further complaints from GYLA, the National Movement, and Strong Georgia, alleging violations of voting secrecy in international polling stations. CEC members have signed the summary protocols for votes from abroad, despite these ongoing appeals.2024 par

By - Tamar Tabatadze

Elections 2024

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2024 parliamentary elections

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