Speaker: OSCE/ODIHR does not evaluate elections with terms 'free and fair'

21:45, 30.10.2024

Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili said “The OSCE/ODIHR does not evaluate the elections with the terms “free and fair” to consider the elections successful.”

In a Facebook post, Papuashvili stated that “the opposition circulated this very disinformation in 2020, but eventually had to refute it.”

“During my discussion with the OSCE/ODIHR monitoring team, I also highlighted the expected disinformation and obtained explicit assurance that the OSCE/ODIHR does not use these terms in their report.

That is why it did not assess the elections in the U.S., France, Poland, Belgium and, Moldova as “free and fair.”

OSCE/ODIR said clearly that the Georgian people have an elected government.

Everyone, inside and outside, should respect the choice of the Georgian people,” he stated.

By - Marika Kartozia

Politics

OSCE / ODIHR

Speaker Shalva Papuashvili