PM meets IRI long-term election observation mission

10:50, 20.07.2024

Irakli Kobakhidze, Georgian Prime Minister and the head of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party’s election headquarters met members of the International Republican Institute’s (IRI) long-term election observation mission.

Chair of the parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee, Nikoloz Samkharadze; European Integration Committee Chair, Maka Botchorishvili; and Chair of Education, Science and Youth Affairs Committee, Givi Mikanadze attended the meeting.

The PM remarked that the Georgian government would do its best to ensure free and fair elections and pledged readiness to cooperate with international election observers.

New election legislation, the political environment and the role of international observation missions were highlighted at the meeting.

The International Republican Institute (IRI) on July 18 announced the start of its international observation mission ahead of the October 26 parliamentary elections in Georgia.

The IRI will deploy 20 long-term observers to cover municipalities and electoral districts across the country in the months leading up to the election.

By - Elene Dobordjginidze

Politics

Irakli Kobakhidze

IRI