How were the elections in Georgia and how were they conducted in a democratic way, or were there significant factors that influenced the outcome of the elections?
I think you are familiar with the results published by international monitoring organizations throughout Georgia, our organization, in particular, Multi-Ethnic Georgia observed the eastern part of Georgia, where ethnic minorities live compactly.
I think you are familiar with the results published by international monitoring organizations throughout Georgia, our organization, in particular, Multi-Ethnic Georgia observed the eastern part of Georgia, where ethnic minorities live compactly.
In short, let me say that in Samtskhe Javakheti, where Armenians live, "Georgian Dream" won with a margin of about 90 percent, but this is not a sign that all democratic values and standards are respected, but first of all, it is a sign that "Georgian the dream" used resources, that is, the opposition essentially had no competition, there was no opposition party, they did not actively participate in the election campaign, not on the actual election day, but in Kvemo Quarterly, where ethnic Azerbaijanis live compactly, especially in Marneuli municipality, the elections have the appearance of a war. , and it cannot be said that the elections there were held in accordance with democratic norms.
The demand will be formed, if not today, then in the coming days we will see the positions and strategy of the opposition, now the opposition is in shock and it is fundamentally clear that they will be in such a state, because no one expected such results.
I will say that, first of all, they should blame themselves for living in illusions during the pre-election period, and here the problem is not only about the authorities, but the problem is that the opposition itself is like that.
In principle, all the statements were made by the opposition, this can actually be considered part of the pre-election race, because we have local government elections in which the mayors of major cities will be elected, and this is a unique chance, one year after the parliamentary elections, if the opposition can win in Tbilisi. In the elections of Batumi, Kutaisi and other big cities, we can say that the next step towards parliamentary elections will be easier.
No need to be surprised, because all the ruling parties that have ever existed in this region all get, say, 70 to 90 percent of the vote.
First, the external factor: the Armenian community is the hostage of Armenian-Georgian relations.
secondly, they do not live in the Georgian information field, that is, they are not well informed about what is happening in Tbilisi, because many do not know the Georgian language and basically listen to Armenian and Russian media.
Thirdly, the opposition is not active there, and naturally, they do not recognize the opposition parties or the leaders of the opposition parties.
The fourth opposition, in principle, does not speak about minorities and does not speak about their problems, this is already traditional, as it has been for the last 30 years.
And this is a paradise for the manipulation of local authorities, and they feel good about it.
It can be said that there were very few violations in this region, but essentially there were no elections, because there was no competition and there were no other political parties, and at the same time the elections were held in an atmosphere of mobilization of administrative resources, fear, which the government instilled in Foreign passing the law on agents and we as a society Monitoring organization in the true sense of the word experienced hard times because of this law.
The demand will be formed, if not today, then in the coming days we will see the positions and strategy of the opposition, now the opposition is in shock and it is fundamentally clear that they will be in such a state, because no one expected such results.
I will say that, first of all, they should blame themselves for living in illusions during the pre-election period, and here the problem is not only about the authorities, but the problem is that the opposition itself is like that.
In principle, all the statements were made by the opposition, this can actually be considered part of the pre-election race, because we have local government elections in which the mayors of major cities will be elected, and this is a unique chance, one year after the parliamentary elections, if the opposition can win in Tbilisi. In the elections of Batumi, Kutaisi and other big cities, we can say that the next step towards parliamentary elections will be easier.
No need to be surprised, because all the ruling parties that have ever existed in this region all get, say, 70 to 90 percent of the vote.
First, the external factor: the Armenian community is the hostage of Armenian-Georgian relations.
secondly, they do not live in the Georgian information field, that is, they are not well informed about what is happening in Tbilisi, because many do not know the Georgian language and basically listen to Armenian and Russian media.
Thirdly, the opposition is not active there, and naturally, they do not recognize the opposition parties or the leaders of the opposition parties.
The fourth opposition, in principle, does not speak about minorities and does not speak about their problems, this is already traditional, as it has been for the last 30 years.
And this is a paradise for the manipulation of local authorities, and they feel good about it.
It can be said that there were very few violations in this region, but essentially there were no elections, because there was no competition and there were no other political parties, and at the same time the elections were held in an atmosphere of mobilization of administrative resources, fear, which the government instilled in Foreign passing the law on agents and we as a society Monitoring organization in the true sense of the word experienced hard times because of this law.
