Gakharia For Georgia: Critical assessments per OSCE/ODIHR report signal election fraud, new elections solution to crisis
Gakharia For Georgia: Critical assessments per OSCE/ODIHR report signal election fraud, new elections solution to crisis

“Critical assessments provided in the OSCE/ODIHR report create a systemic picture of election fraud, new elections are the only solution to the crisis,” reads the statement of the Gakharia-For Georgia party.

According to the statement, the report mentions intimidation, media bias, unfair conditions, and violation of vote secrecy.

“The set of irregularities makes it obvious that the elections did not meet the main democratic standards and taken commitments before the OSCE that are required for free and fair elections,” reads the statement.

The statement says that the latest legislative amendments undermine the democratic elections principle that is directly linked to the ongoing public protests, violent dispersal of rallies, arrests and ill-treatment of protesters and journalists.

“The only way out of the severe systemic crisis created in the country is to hold new elections, in an improved pre-election environment, under the conditions of a balanced election administration and politically neutral state structures,” reads the statement.