International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy, Georgian Young Lawyers' Association and Transparency International Georgia present their joint assessment of the electoral processes during the pre-election period of the April 27 Parliamentar ...
On April 14, the Central Election Commission released a statement in response to the opinions expressed by non-governmental organizations regarding the appointment of precinct election commission secretaries. The CEC statement notes that “competent ...
We believe that the foregoing guideline conflicts with the essence and the spirit of the law. In particular, in 2009 political parties reached an agreement that the Election Code must directly stipulate an obligation of appointing opposition party ...
On January 29, 2013 Ajara Supreme Council adopted a law on changes to the rules of composition of the Supreme Election Commission despite the numerous calls from civil society organizations to refrain from these changes. ...
Today is the deadline for applications for the director of the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB). We have repeatedly raised concerns about the independence and managerial problems at GPB. We believe that a strong and politically independent Georgi ...
ISFED expresses its deepest concerns over the violent acts, carried out in the Martvili municipality gamgeoba building. It is very unfortunate, that despite a number of calls, the representatives of local self-governments are still being illegally ...
Recently media has been reporting about election subjects replacing their representatives following the Election Day. In particular, under the eleven resolutions of the CEC Secretary Gizo Mchedlidze, dated October 3, 2012, representatives of th ...
The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) and Transparency International – Georgia condemn the fact of politically motivated physical assault in Marneuli Gamgeoba. ...