Transparency and ensuring to involve all interested parties in the process are the key to gain trust, Chairman of Central Election Commission Giorgi Kalandarishvili told GPB First Channel on Friday.

Kalandarishvili noted that the CEC sessions were aired live on the CEC website since his appointment showing that the public interest surged.

CEC Chair announced that many novelties and new technologies would be introduced as the country is nearing the October 2 local elections.

“We work intensively with all involved parties, non-governmental organizations, to hear their stances over planned legislative acts CEC plans to adopt,” Kalandarishvili added.

The Georgian parliament elected Giorgi Kalandarishvili as the new Chair of the Central Election Commission (CEC) on August 2 this year. Gia Tsatsashvili and Maia Zaridze were elected members of the commission.

Since the parliament failed three times to elect CEC Chair and its two members with a 3/5 majority vote, they will serve for six months.

Under the new election legislation, any CEC candidate elected without support from 2/3 of 150 MPs will be temporarily elected instead of five years.