Georgians await promised changes to electoral code

By Shota Kincha, 1 August 2019
2013 Georgian presidential election (photo credit: Marco Fieber/flickr)
2013 Georgian presidential election (photo credit: Marco Fieber/flickr)
The ruling Georgian Dream party responded to last month’s street upheavals with several compromises, including an offer to change the country’s electoral code. While most groups welcomed it, no concrete steps have yet been taken. ‘There is a suspicion that [the Chair of Georgian Dream, Bidzina] Ivanishvili will drag his feet in implementing a proportional electoral system’, Aleko Elisashvili, leader of Georgia’s Civic Movement, an opposition civil society organisation told TV Pirveli on 30 July.
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