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monitoringis angariSi
Cvens Sesaxeb
samarTliani arCevnebisa da demokratiis saerTaSoriso sazogadoeba (ISFED)
aris arasamTavrobo, arapartiuli, aramomgebiani, miukerZoebeli organizacia, romelic saqarTveloSi moRvaweobs 1995 wlidan. ISFED-s daarsebidan
dRemde ganxorcielebuli aqvs saqarTveloSi Catarebuli yvela saxis
arCevnebis farTomasStabiani monitoringi. amasTanave, ISFED monawileobs
saerTaSoriso sadamkvirveblo misiebSi: organizaciis wevrebs ganxorcielebuli aqvT arCevnebis monitoringi ukrainaSi, azerbaijanSi, somxeTSi,
amerikis SeerTebul StatebSi, yirgizeTSi, albaneTsa da norvegiaSi. ISFED
aris erTaderTi organizacia saqarTveloSi, romelmac bolo sam saerTo
arCevnebze ganaxorciela xmebisa da aqtivobis paraleluri daTvla (PVT/
PTT), romlis safuZvelzec sazogadoebas miewoda obieqturi informacia
arCevnebis Sedegebis Sesaxeb.
2004 wlis ivnisSi ISFED-ma gadaxeda Tavis strategias, ganaaxla priori-
About Us
The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy
(ISFED) is a non-governmental, non-partisan, non-profit and
impartial organization, which has been operating in Georgia
since 1995. Since its foundation ISFED has conducted largescale monitoring of all the elections in Georgia. ISFED has also
participated in international observation missions members
of the organization have monitored elections in Ukraine,
Azerbaijan, Armenia, USA, Kyrgyzstan, Albania and Norway.
ISFED is the only organization in Georgia which conducted
a parallel vote and turnout tabulation (PVT/PTT) during the
three previous national elections and disseminated objective
information regarding the election results.
In June 2004, ISFED redefined its strategy and designed
Monitoring Mission
The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy
(ISFED) conducted pre-election, Election Day and post-election
monitoring of the October 1, 2005 elections.
The goal of ISFEDs monitoring mission was to ensure transparent
and effective administration of the October 1, 2005 Parliamentary
election procedures and to provide objective information regarding
the elections to society. Long-term observation was carried out by
5 ISFED district coordinators, while short-term observation was
monitoringis misia
samarTliani arCevnebisa da demokratiis saerTaSoriso sazogadoeba (ISFED)
akvirdeboda 2005 wlis 1 oqtombris arCevnebis rogorc winasaarCevno periods, aseve arCevnebis dRes da mis Semdgom procedurebs.
ISFED-is sadamkvirveblo misia miznad isaxavda 2005 wlis 1 oqtombris
saparlamento arCevnebis saarCevno procedurebis gamWvirvalobas, maTi
efeqturad ganxorcielebis uzrunvelyofasa da arCevnebis Sesaxeb sazogadoebis obieqtur informirebas. grZelvadian dakvirvebas axorcielebda
ISFED-is 5 raionuli koordinatori, xolo arCevnebis dRes daakvirda or-
damkvirvebelTa mobilizeba
damkvirvebelTa treningebi
monitoringis misiis efeqturobis gasazrdelad samarTliani arCevnebisa da
demokratiis saerTaSoriso sazogadoebam (ISFED) ganaxorciela sadamkvirveblo kampaniis dagegmva da treningebis seria:
monitoringis kampaniis dagegmva;
arCevnebis dRis dagegmva;
trenerTa treningi arCevnebis dRis damkvirvebelTa mosamzadeblad;
arCevnebis dRis damkvirvebelTa treningebi;
2005 wlis 7 seqtembers ISFED-is centralur ofisSi ganxorcielda sadamkvirveblo misiis dagegmva regionul da raionul koordinatorebTan
erTad. iqidan gamomdinare, rom treningi Casatarebeli iyo xuT raionSi,
organizaciam 15 seqtembers moamzada trenerebi Sesabamisi raionebidan,
romlebmac Semdgom TavianTi saarCevno olqebis teritoriaze ganaxorcieles damkvirvebelTa treningebi 2 etapad. arCevnebis dRis damkvirvebelTa
treningebis pirveli etapi ganxorcielda 18-20 seqtembers, xolo meore
etapi _ 28-30 seqtembers. treningebis ganrigi iyo Semdegi:
Observers Mobilization
ISFEDs volunteer network covers all of Georgia so the
organization has not carried out any additional activities or
media campaign to recruit observers.
ISFED mobilized and accredited 285 observers to perform its
observation mission, and 238 of them observed the Election Day.
223 observers were assigned to the precincts, 8 were placed in
the mobile groups, 5 in district election commissions and 2 in
Central Election Commission.
Observers Training
ISFED organized different planning sessions and trainings to
increase the effectiveness of the monitoring mission:
Monitoring mission planning;
Election Day planning;
Training of trainers for Election Day observers;
Election Day observers training.
The monitoring mission planning workshop was conducted on
September 7, 2005 at ISFEDs central office, with participation by
regional and district coordinators. As the observers trainings needed
to be held in five districts, the organization trained the trainers from
those districts on September 15, 2005. Afterwards these trainers
conducted 2 series of observerstrainings in their election districts. The
first series of observers trainings was conducted during September
18-20, and the second stages was conducted during September 2830. The schedule of trainings was as follows:
First series:
1. September 19, Kobuleti;
2. September 18, Batumi;
3. September 19-20, Shuakhevi;
4. September 20, Tkibuli;
5. September 19-20, Isani.
Second series:
1. September 28, Kobuleti;
2. September 29, Batumi;
3. September 28, Shuakhevi;
4. September 30, Tkibuli;
5. September 28-29, Isani.
In total, 285 observers were trained in all five districts. The
following training materials were prepared for the observers:
Observers manual 230;
Standard form 230;
Appeal form 460.
pirveli etapi
1. 19 seqtemberiqobuleTi;
2. 18 seqtemberibaTumi;
3. 19-20 seqtemberiSuaxevi;
4. 20 seqtemberityibuli;
5. 19-20 seqtemberiisani.
meore etapi
1. 28 seqtemberiqobuleTi;
2. 29 seqtemberibaTumi;
3. 28 seqtemberiSuaxevi;
4. 30 seqtemberityibuli;
5. 28-29 seqtemberiisani.
sul treningi Cautarda 285 damkvirvebels xuTive saarCevno olqSi. damkvirveblebisTvis momzadebul iqna Semdegi sadamkvirveblo masalebi:
damkvirvebelTa saxelmZRvanelo230 cali;
standartuli forma230 cali;
saCivris forma460 cali.
sakanonmdeblo baza
saqarTveloSi saparlamento arCevnebis Catareba ganisazRvreba Semdegi
normatiuli aqtebiT:
a) saqarTvelos konstitucia;
b) saqarTvelos organuli kanoni `saqarTvelos erTiani saarCevno kodeqsi~;
d) saqarTvelos kanoni `politikuri partiebis Sesaxeb~;
e) saqarTvelos `sisxlis samarTlis kodeqsis~ Sesabamisi muxlebi;
v) saqarTvelos `zogadi administraciuli kodeqsis~ Sesabamisi muxlebi;
z) saqarTvelos `administraciul samarTaldarRvevaTa kodeqsis~ Sesabamisi
muxlebi;
T) centraluri saarCevno komisiis dadgenilebebi da gankargulebebi.
arCevnebis daniSvna
saqarTvelos centralurma saarCevno komisiam 2005 wlis 1 oqtombris xelaxali da Sualeduri arCevnebi daniSna saqarTvelos organuli kanonis `saqarTvelos saarCevno kodeqsi~-is 106-e muxlis me-5 punqtis safuZvelze.
arCevnebi dainiSna saqarTvelos xuT saarCevno olqSi. kerZod: #5 isnis,
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Election System
According to the Constitution of Georgia valid for the current
seating of the Parliament of Georgia, 235 Members of Parliament
are to be elected for 4 years by a mixed system: 150 seats are
allocated according to a proportional system (based on party
lists), and 85 seats are allocated according to a majoritarian
system in single-mandate districts.
The Unified Election Code also provides for mid-term elections
for majoritarian seats to take place twice a year, in May-June and
October-November period.
Legal Basis
The following normative acts rule the conduct of Parliamentary
elections:
a) The Constitution of Georgia;
b) The Organic Law of Georgia The Election Code of Georgia;
c) The Law On Political Parties of Georgia;
d) The relevant articles of the Criminal Code of Georgia;
e) The relevant articles of the General Administrative Code of
Georgia;
f ) The relevant articles of the Code of Administrative Violations
of Georgia;
g) The enactments and decisions of the Central Election Commission.
Appointment of Elections
The Central Election Commission of Georgia called the October
1 by- and re-run elections based on Article 106, Paragraph 5 of
the Election Code of Georgia.
Elections were called in 5 districts of Georgia - 5 Isani,
saarCevno kanonmdebloba
saqarTvelos erTianma saarCevno kodeqsma 2005 wlis 1 oqtombris arCevnebamde
garkveuli cvlilebebi ganicada. saarCevno kodeqsi kompleqsurad saWiroebda
ganaxlebas, daxvewasa da srulyofas. Tumca Seicvala mxolod saarCevno kanonmdeblobis calkeuli nawilebi, ramac mTlianobaSi ver mogvca dadebiTi Sedegi da garkveuli problemebi Seuqmna arCevnebis efeqtur administrirebas.
saqarTvelos saarCevno kodeqsi Zireulad Seicvala saarCevno administraciebis nawilSi. ganisazRvra saarCevno komisiebis dakompleqtebis axleburi
wesi da raodenoba. samwuxarod, paraleluro cvlilebebi ar ganxorcielebula saarCevno procedurebis nawilSi, ramac gamoiwvia komisiis wevrTa raodenobis Seusabamoba maT mier Sesasrulebel funqciebTan _ komisiis wevrTa
raodenoba iyo mcire, xolo Sesasrulebeli funqciebi sakmaod bevri.
zemoaRniSnuli problemis mosagvareblad metad bundovani gadawyvetileba
miiRo saqarTvelos parlamentma, rodesac saarCevno kodeqsis 52-e muxlis
cvlilebebiT damkvirveblebs ganusazRvra da misca ufleba, ganexorcielebinaT
saubno saarCevno komisiis wevrTa funqciebi. amiT ugulebelyofil iqna damoukidebeli sadamkvirveblo institutis daniSnuleba da intersTa konfliqtis
umniSvnelovanesi principi. am gadawyvetilebam, garkveulwilad, gamoiwvia damkvirvebelTa, gansakuTrebiT ki damoukidebel damkvirvebelTa diskreditacia.
amasTan, aRsaniSnavia, rom saarCevno kodeqsSi arsebobda zemoaRniSnuli
cvlilebis gamomricxavi Canaweri, vinaidan, 70-e muxli damkvirveblebs calsaxad ukrZalavs saarCevno komisiis funqciebSi Carevas, rac saarCevno kodeqsSi
urTierTgamomricxavi Canawerebis erTdroulad arsebobis naTeli magaliTia.
centraluri saarCevno komisiis normatiuli aqtebi, romlebic arCevnebis
administrirebasTan dakavSirebuli problemebis mogvarebisken iyo mimarTuli, garkveulwilad, ewinaaRmdegeboda kanonmdeblobis zogierT Canawers
(mag. damkvirvebelTa gamoyeneba saarCevno procedurebis Sesasruleblad,
komisiis erTi wevrisaTvis ramdenime funqciis SeTavseba, registratorisTvis
gansazRvruli amomrCevelTa raodenoba da a.S.). aRsaniSnavia, rom es gadawyvetilebebi saarCevno kanonmdeblobis xarvezebis aRmofxvras emsaxureboda,
radgan, faqtobrivad, kanoniT dadgenil moTxovnaTa Sesruleba SeuZlebeli
iyo; Tumca, csk-s ar unda hqondes organuli kanoniT dadgenili normebis
Zireulad Secvlis ufleba.
Election Legislation
The Unified Election Code (UEC) of Georgia was amended prior
to the October 1 elections. The Election Code required updating,
amending and refinement. However, only some parts of the
Code were amended. This did not deliver positive outcomes
and even hindered effective administration of the elections.
The part of the UEC, which deals with the election
administration, was thoroughly amended and new rules of the
election commissions staffing and the number of their members
were set. However, the part dealing with election procedures
was not amended. This caused a discrepancy as the number of
members in the commissions was reduced while the amount of
the functions to be performed remained the same.
To deal with the above-mentioned problem, the Parliament of
Georgia made an ambiguous decision to amend Article 52 of the
UEC in such a way that would allow the observers to carry out the
functions of the precinct commission members. Such a decision
undermines the function of the independent observation
institute, the conflict-of-interests principle and discredits the
observers, especially the independent ones.
However, another article in the Unified Election Code
contradicts this amendment Article 70 states that observers do
not have a right to interfere in the work of election commissions,
which shows a discrepancy in the UEC itself.
CEC normative acts that were oriented towards solving
the problems existing in the election administration were in
contradiction with some articles of the Code (for example:
using observers for performing election procedures, appointing
several functions to one commission member, number of voters
per registrar etc.). These regulations were intended to solve the
imperfections in the legislation due to the fact that implementation
of some requirements of the UEC was impossible. However, CEC
should not have the right to regulate the UEC so extensively.
PRE-ELECTION PERIOD
winasaarCevno periodi
Observers accreditation
On August 12, 2005 ISFED addressed the Central Election
Commission with a statement to monitor the October 1
Parliamentary elections.
ISFED was accredited and registered as an observer
organization for the November 2, 2003 elections and thus did
not need additional registration, as the October 1, 2005 elections
were by- and re-run elections of the Parliament elected on
November 2, 2003. However, ISFED addressed the CEC to get
written confirmation of the above-mentioned fact.
Despite ISFEDs address to CEC, accreditation of the
organization was granted orally at first. CEC orally confirmed
that the organization did not need repeated registration and
the old registration was legally still in force. Unfortunately, CEC
did not pass this information and relevant instructions to sublevel commissions. Thus, during several days, in some district
commissions ISFED had to prove that the organization had been
registered and had a right to accredit its observers by presenting
the old documentation. CEC replied to ISFED in writing on
September 6.
Election Administration
According to the April 2005 amendments to the UEC, the
central, district and precinct election commissions staffing rules
were defined as follows:
damkvirvebelTa akreditacia
samarTliani arCevnebisa da demokratiis saerTaSoriso sazogadoebam (ISFED)
2005 wlis 1 oqtombris saparlamento arCevnebze monitoringis gansaxorcieleblad 12 agvistos gancxadebiT mimarTa centralur saarCevno komisias.
ISFED, rogorc 2003 wlis 2 noembers akreditirebuli da registrirebuli damkvirvebeli organizacia, aRar saWiroebda damatebiT registracias,
radganac 1 oqtombris arCevnebi iyo 2003 wlis 2 noembers arCeuli parlamentis xelaxali da Sualeduri arCevnebi. amis miuxedavad, ISFED-ma gancxadebiT mimarTa centralur saarCevno komisias, raTa mieRo zemoaRniSnuli
faqtis damadasturebeli werilobiTi dokumenti.
mimarTvis miuxedavad, organizaciis akreditaciis sakiTxi Tavdapirvelad mainc sityvierad gadawyda. csk-m sityvierad daadastura, rom
organizacias namdvilad ar esaWiroeboda xelaxali registracia da
Zveli registracia iuridiul Zalas inarCunebda. samwuxarod, csk-s ar
miucia Sesabamisi Setyobineba da instruqcia qveda donis komisiebisTvis
da dReebis manZilze ISFED-s zogierT saolqo saarCevno komisiaSi Zveli dokumentebiT uxdeboda mtkiceba, rom namdvilad registrirebuli
organizacia iyo da ufleba hqonda, ganexorcielebina organizaciis
damkvirvebelTa akreditacia. csk-m werilobiTi pasuxi am akreditaciis
Sesaxeb mxolod 6 seqtembers gagvca.
saarCevno administracia
2005 wlis aprilSi saarCevno kodeqsSi ganxorcielebuli sakanonmdeblo
cvlilebebis Sedegad, centraluri, saolqo da saubno saarCevno komisiebis
dakompleqtebis wesi Semdegnairad ganisazRvra:
csk dakompleqtda saqarTvelos prezidentis 2005 wlis maisis #401 gankargulebiT Seqmnili sakonkurso komisiis mier Ria konkursis safuZvelze
SerCeuli da SemdgomSi isev prezidentis mier nominirebuli kandidatebisagan, romelTagan 7 daamtkica saqarTvelos parlamentma 2005 wlis ivnisSi.
2005 wlis ivlisSi dakompleqtda tyibulis, isnis, qobuleTis, Suaxevisa
da baTumis saolqo saarCevno komisiebi. centraluri saarCevno komisiis
mier am olqebSi konkursis safuZvelze SeirCa da dainiSna 5-5 wevri.
saubno saarCevno komisia Sedgeba 9 wevrisagan. maTgan 3 wevri dainiSna
Sesabamisi saolqo saarCevno komisiebis mier, xolo 2-2 wevri daniSna
bolo saparlamento arCevnebSi saukeTeso Sedegis mqone samma partiam.
yvela donis saarCevno komisiebis dakompleqtebis procedura kanonis
Sesabamisad warimarTa.
gasaTvaliswinebelia, rom saarCevno kodeqsis sakanonmdeblo cvlilebebis umTavresi prioriteti iyo profesiuli da arapartiuli saarCevno
administraciis Camoyalibeba. sakanonmdeblo cvlilebebi iTvaliswinebda
saarCevno moxeleTa serTificirebas, radganac es iyo saarCevno komisiis
wevrTa profesionalizmis ganmsazRvreli erT-erTi ZiriTadi meqanizmi.
centraluri saarCevno komisiis wevrebis, aparatis TanamSromlebisa da
saolqo saarCevno komisiis wevrebisTvis serTificirebis moTxovna ZalaSi
Sedis 2006 wlis 1 ianvridan, xolo saubno saarCevno komisiis wevrebisTvis
2006 wlis 1 ivlisidan. amrigad, 2005 wels dakompleqtebul saarCevno komisiebze es moTxovna ar gavrcelebula.
2005 wlis 1 oqtombris xelaxali da Sualeduri saparlamento arCevnebisTvis saarCevno administraciebs kvalifikaciis asamaRleblad CautardaT
treningebi. centralurma saarCevno komisiam SeimuSava specialuri saxelmZRvanelo, romelSic aRwerili da ganmartebuli iyo kanoniT gaTvaliswinebuli saarCevno procedurebi. amis miuxedavad, winasaarCevno periodSi
saarCevno komisiebis muSaobaSi SeiniSneboda xarvezebi da arasakmarisi kompetenturoba. magaliTad, qobuleTis #19, #20, #31 saarCevno ubnebze saregistracio JurnalSi ar awarmoebdnen Canawerebs, xolo #32 saubno saarCevno komisiis mdivanma saregistracio Jurnalis daniSnulebac ar icoda.
aseve, saubno saarCevno komisiis wevrebis mxridan aRiniSna upasuxismgeblo
damokidebuleba dakisrebuli movaleobebisadmi. ISFED-is damkvirveblebma
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winasaarCevno periodSi daafiqsires samuSao saaTebis ganmavlobaSi saarCevno ubnebis daketvis calkeuli SemTxvevebi an saubno saarCevno komisiis
wevrebis ubanze gamoucxadebloba da movaleobis ugulebelyofa.
zemoTqmulis miuxedavad, unda aRiniSnos, rom saarCevno administraciebma gamoxates nebakanonis Sesabamisad ganexorcielebinaT arCevnebis
administrireba, eTanamSromlaT damkvirveblebTan da daadastures mzadyofna, dauyovneblivi reagireba moexdinaT SeniSvebze da aRmoefxvraT
proceduruli xarvezebi.
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winasaarCevno procedurebi
winasaarCevno procedurebi da maTi vadebSi Sesruleba samarTliani arCevnebisa da demokratiis saerTaSoriso sazogadoebis dakvirvebis erTerTi mniSvnelovani aspeqti iyo. aRsaniSnavia, rom saarCevno administracia
cdilobda vadebSi ganexorcielebina yvela procedura da am kuTxiT ar
dafiqsirebula seriozuli darRvevebi.
calkeuli xarvezebidan aRsaniSnavia saarCevno ubnebSi Semavali Senoba-nagebobebis nusxisa da misamarTebis dadgena-gamoqveyneba, rac mcireodeni xniT dagvianda baTumis, Suaxevisa da tyibulis saarCevno olqebSi.
faqtobrivad, adgilobrivi TviTmmarTvelobisa da mmarTvelobis organoebs ar SeusrulebiaT arCevnebTan dakavSirebuli saarCevno kodeqsis
75-e muxliT gansazRvruli valdebulebebi, romlis Tanaxmad, arCevnebamde 50 dRiT adre maT unda gamoeqveynebinaT im SenobaTa CamonaTvali,
romlebzec akrZalulia saarCevno plakatebis gakvra. ISFED-is damkvirveblebma versad moipoves aseTi sia.
arCevnebis administrirebisTvis dafinanseba finansTa saministros mier
ar ganxorcielda vadebis dacviT, ramac gamoiwvia csk-s mxridan qveda
donis saarCevno administraciebisadmi Tanxebis dagvianebiT gadaricxva,
Tumca, sabednierod, am faqts saarCevno procedurebis ganxorcielebisTvis
xeli ar SeuSlia.
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Pre-Election Procedures
Pre-election procedures and their implementation within the
fixed time-limits was one of the most important aspects of ISFEDs
observation. It must be stated, that the election administration
attempted to carry out all the procedures in defined deadlines and
serious violations regarding this issue were not reported.
Minor problems occurred regarding posting lists of precinct
buildings and addresses. These lists were posted late in Batumi,
Shuakhevi and Tkibuli districts. It is important to note that the local
self-governments did not fulfill their responsibilities regarding
the elections as defined by Article 75 of the Election Code,
which obliges the local and self-governments to disseminate a
list of buildings where it is prohibited to post election campaign
materials no later than 50 days prior to the elections. ISFED
observers could not find any published information regarding the
places where posting of election posters was prohibited.
The Ministry of Finance did not provide timely financing of the
election administrations, which in turn prevented the CEC from
transferring funds to sub-level election administrations on time.
Fortunately, this fact did not hinder normal administration of the
election procedures.
arCevnebSi monawile kandidatebis registracia kanonis Tanaxmad ganxorcielda. saarCevno olqebis mixedviT registrirebul iqnen Semdegi kandidatebi:
baTumis saarCevno olqi
1. jemal inaiSvilierTiani nacionaluri moZraoba;
2. jemal makaraZepolitikuri moZraoba `Tavisufleba~;
3. jumber TavarTqilaZesaqarTvelos konservatiuli partia;
4. Teimuraz samniZesaqarTvelos erTiani komunisturi partia;
5. Tamaz gogitiZesainiciativo jgufi;
6. aleqsandre CitiSvilisainiciativo jgufi;
7. gia sixaruliZesainiciativo jgufi.
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Pre-Election Campaign
According to the law, the candidates pre-election campaign and
agitation start from the date of the appointment of elections.
Initially, the campaigns of election subjects did not have a harsh
character and were conducted in calm atmosphere. However, preelection campaigns grew more active after the Primary Elections.
The facts of intimidation and interruption of pre-election
campaigns were not observed. The public television station allocated
equal airtime for each candidates pre-election campaign thus
providing all the necessary conditions determined by law for the
election subjects.
The Election Code provides for campaigning against other
candidates. Unfortunately, pre-election campaigns of some
candidates were focused more on campaigning against opponents
without documented arguments, rather than on actual personal
programs and plans. These facts negatively affected the votersattitude
towards the election subjects and the elections on the whole.
The governing party candidates possessed an important
resource by having the Presidents support. The President of
Georgia is at the same time the chair of the National Movement
Party, which is allowed by the Constitution of Georgia. The
President quite frequently and explicitly expressed his support
to governing party candidates through mass media. Article 73 of
the Election Code prohibits the public officials and the leading
officials of the Executive Branch departments to participate in
pre-election agitation; however, it is worth mentioning that on
September 2005, Gldani-Nadzaladevi district court turned down
the suit filed by the Conservative Party and decided that the
President shall not be considered as such an official.
Primary Elections
The primary elections were held for the first time ever in Georgia on
September 17, 2005 with participation of four opposition parties
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praimeri Seqmna opoziciur ZalTa SeTanxmebisa da realuri SesaZleblobebis gansazRvris udavod kargi precedenti.
ELECTION DAY
arCevnebis dRe
Polling
Generally, the October 1, 2005 Election Day deserves a positive
evaluation. Polling began in a calm and normal atmosphere and
no major incidents were observed. Only one precinct 43 of
Isani district was opened 5 minutes late.
There were no occasions of impeding the observers work
except one: the secretary of PEC 2 of Kobuleti district registered
the ISFED observer under a different organization name. Sub
sequently, this observer was withdrawn from the precinct as
the law prohibits the presence of 2 observers from the same
organization at the same time. This problem was worked out in
an hour. Other minor misunderstandings, especially attempts to
appoint PEC members functions to ISFED observers, were worked
out on time by the PECs after CECs directions.
The Election Day revealed many problems related to the voter
lists, e.g. a substantial number of voters were not registered in the
voter lists and these lists could not ensure that all the citizens, who
were willing to enjoy their right to vote, could express their will.
The following problems were observed in the voter lists:
Some voters had not checked whether they were enlisted or
not; thus they were not registered;
Some voters had notified that they had not been enlisted;
however, their personal data did not appear in the voters lists
after the lists updating procedure;
Duplication of voters and mistakes in the personal data of the
registered voters were still observed.
The main reason behind not being enlisted in the voters
kenWisyra
arCevnebis dRe, 2005 wlis 1 oqtomberi, mTlianobaSi pozitiur Sefasebas
imsaxurebs. kenWisyra mSvid da normalur garemoSi daiwyo da ar dafiqsirebula raime saxis garTulebebi. dafiqsirda mxolod erTi ubnis dagvianebiT
gaxsnis faqti _ isnis #43 saarCevno ubani 5 wuTis dagvianebiT gaixsna.
damkvirvebelTa saqmianobis SezRudvis seriozuli faqtebi ar dafiqsirebula erTi SemTxvevis garda _ qobuleTis #2 saarCevno ubanze saubno
komisiis mdivanma ISFED-is damkvirvebeli SecdomiT sxva organizaciis
saxeliT daaregistrira, rasac mohyva am damkvirveblis saarCevno ubnidan
gaZeveba, vinaidan, kanonis Tanaxmad, erTdroulad 2 damkvirvebeli erTi
organizaciidan saarCevno ubanSi ar daiSveba. es problema mxolod 1 saaTis Semdgom mogvarda. sxva SemTxvevebSi warmoqmnili mcire gaugebrobebi,
gansakuTrebiT damkvirveblebisTvis saubno komisiis wevrTa funqciebis
SeTavsebis mcdelobebi, csk-s CareviT droulad gvardeboda.
arCevnebis dRem aCvena, rom mniSvnelovani raodenobis amomrCeveli
ar iyo registrirebuli da amomrCevelTa siebma ver uzrunvelyo xmis
micemis msurveli yvela moqalaqis mier TavianTi saarCevno uflebis
ganxorcieleba.
amomrCevelTa siebSi dafiqsirda sxvadasxva saxis problemebi:
amomrCevelTa garkveulma nawilma ar gadaamowma sakuTari Tavi da, Sesabamisad, ver moxvda amomrCevelTa erTian siaSi;
amomrCevelTa garkveulma nawilma gadaamowma sakuTari Tavi, Tumca
monacemTa damuSavebis Semdeg maTi monacemebi aRar aRmoCnda amomrCevelTa erTian siaSi;
amomrCevelTa siebSi isev iyo gameorebebi da sxvadasxva saxis
Secdomebi.
amomrCevelTa siebSi amomrCevelTa aryofnis ZiriTadi mizezi maT
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lists was that the citizens had not taken part in the lists updating
procedure. However, it would not be correct to discuss this issue
only by concentrating on the citizens obligation. CEC explained the
disappearance of several voters personal data from the voters lists
by saying that an improper computer program caused the loss.
Although the election administration was willing to update the voters
lists, errors were made during the process; this can be proved by the
fact that the lists updating procedure continued until 2 days prior to
the elections. Actually, the election administration was not able to
fulfill their obligation regarding voters lists in a timely manner.
In general, improper voter lists became the major problem of
the October 1 elections, which hindered citizens ability to exercise
their right to vote. A substantial number of voters could not vote in
the elections and this constituted the main reason for the citizens
dissatisfaction and the most negative aspect of the elections. For
example, in Isani PEC 6 approximately 20% of the voters who
had participated in the election were missing from the voter lists.
However, this issue was not critical for the outcome of the elections.
Precincts were equipped with all the necessary materials.
However in precincts 2 and 13 of Batumi district the voting
instructions and ballot samples were not posted.
Minor violations in election procedures were recorded
regarding the voter lists: in precinct 42 of Shuakhevi district, a
voter registered in other precinct was allowed to vote despite the
fact that he was not in the list of the mentioned precinct. Similar
violations were observed in other districts as well (for example:
precincts 1, 36 and 51 of Batumi district).
In order to exercise the right to vote, the voters ID
documentations were checked by the precinct election
commissions as defined by the law. Exceptions were the
precinct 43 of Kobuleti district and 8 of Isani district, where
one voter in each precinct was allowed to vote with a Xerox
copy of ID card.
dafiqsirda erTeuli SemTxvevebi, rodesac komisiis wevrTa uyuradRebobis gamo biuletenebs aklda xelmowera an beWedi (baTumis,
qobuleTisa da isnis saarCevno olqebi) an Stampi kandidati moxsnilia (isnis saarCevno olqi). es darRvevebi aisaxa ISFED-is damkvirvebelTa saCivrebsa da axsna-ganmartebebSi, Tumca aseT SemTxvevebs ar
hqonia iseTi masStabi, rom amas arCevnebis Sedegebze moexdina raime
zegavlena.
Procedures of Counting
and Finalizing Election Results
Counting of votes and compilation of election results took place
in a calm and transparent atmosphere. Serious violations were
not observed regarding this issue.
Single cases of violation were related to discrepancies
between figures in the precinct election commissions protocols.
DECs rechecked such protocols and recounted ballots in cases of
necessity. For example, ballots in precincts 31 of Kobuleti district
and 8 of Tkibuli district were recounted. Imbalances between
figures were noted in protocols of precincts 8 of Tkibuli district,
where by mistake an additional 30 ballots were showed in the
protocol, and 31 of Kobuleti district where invalid ballots were
included in the overall number of ballots.
The results of precinct 28 of Shuakhevi district were
cancelled due to the fact that the number of PEC members
exceeded 9. Additionally, the PEC chair was unduly replaced by a
CEC representative, PEC members functions were mixed, and the
elections were administered by unauthorized persons. The abovementioned facts constituted a serious basis for cancellation of
Shuakhevi 28 precinct election results.
The ballots were proclaimed as invalid pursuant to the law.
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saubno saarCevno komisiis Tavmjdomares xmis micemisa da kenWisyris procedurebTan dakavSirebul sakiTxebze da, konkretuli darRvevis dafiqsirebis SemTxvevaSi, moiTxovos reagireba. imave punqtis m) qvepunqtis Tanaxmad,
damkvirvebels aseve aqvs ufleba, gaasaCivros saubno saarCevno komisiis
qmedeba zemdgom komisiaSi an sasamarTloSi.
ISFED-is damkvirveblebi treningebis ganmavlobaSi gaecnen saCivrebis
Sedgenis wesebs. damkvirveblebs gadaecaT winaswar gamzadebuli saCivris
formebi, romlebic kanonmdeblobis darRvevebis dafiqsirebis SemTxvevaSi
unda SeevsoT.
2005 wlis 1 oqtombers ISFED-is damkvirveblebma saarCevno ubnebze
sxvadasxva saxis darRvevebi daafiqsires. maTi umravlesoba kenWisyris procedurebs exeboda. damkvirvebelTa mier mxolod yuradsaReb darRvevebze
daiwera saCivrebi, romlebic, kanonis Tanaxmad, wardgenili unda yofiliyo
Sesabamis saubno da saolqo saarCevno komisiebSi.
oTx saarCevno olqSi sul daiwera 11 saCivari, romlebic, Sesabamisad,
wardgenili da registrirebuli iqna saubno saarCevno komisiaSi. garda
amisa Sedga 4 axsna-ganmartebiTi oqmi. saCivari daiwera: baTumis saarCevno
olqSi4 saCivari, Suaxevis saarCevno olqSi1, qobuleTis saarCevno
olqSi4, isnis saarCevno olqSi2.
darRvevebi ZiriTadad gamowveuli iyo zogierTi saubno saarCevno
komisiis wevrTa momzadebis dabali doniT da saarCevno procedurebis
arcodniT. aRsaniSnavia ramdenime incidenti da aseve zogierTi darRveva,
romlebzec daiwera saCivari damkvirvebvelTa mier:
_ baTumis #21 saarCevno ubanze, saarCevno komisiis Tavmjdomaris, Tea
qarCilavas mier TviTneburad iqna gadanawilebuli komisiis wevrebis
funqciebi, riTac uxeSad iqna darRveuli saarCevno kanonmdebloba.
_ baTumis #13 saarCevno ubanze komisiis wevris, giorgi sirabiZis mier ar
xdeboda specialur konvertze beWdis dasma, ramac daaxloebiT 60-mde
biuletenis gabaTileba gamoiwvia; miTiTebis Semdeg aRniSnuli darRveva
gamosworebul iqna.
_ baTumis #54 saarCevno ubanze, dilis 7:00 saaTze Cveni damkvirveblis
mier dafiqsirebuli iqna damatebiTi amomrCevelTa siebis mitanis faqti;
siaSi damatebiT Setanili iqna 129 amomrCeveli, Tumca, kanonis Tanaxmad,
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daskvna
samarTliani arCevnebisa da demokratiis saerTaSoriso sazogadoebis (ISFED)
saarCevno monitoringis Sedegebi srul safuZvels iZleva ganvacxadoT, rom
2005 wlis 1 oqtombris arCevnebi, mcireodeni xarvezebis miuxedavad, samarTlianad Catarda da arCevnebis oficialur SeadegebSi realurad aisaxa
amomrCevlebis mier gamoxatuli neba.
saarCevno administraciam gamoavlina mzadyofna, uzrunveleyo saarCevno
procedurebis kanonis Sesabamisad da gamWvirvaled Sesruleba.
amomrCevelTa siebTan dakavSirebulma problemebma dagvanaxa, rom saarCevno procesis gasaumjobeseblad jer kidev mniSvnelovani samuSaoa Casatarebeli.
rekomendaciebi
ganxorcieldes saqarTvelos erTiani saarCevno kodeqsis kompleqsuri
cvlilebebi da srulyofa; aseve, ganxilul iqnes saarCevno procedurebTan dakavSirebuli sruli sakanonmdeblo baza;
saarCevno kanonmdeblobis cvlilebisas gansakuTrebuli yuradReba unda
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In precinct 36 of Kobuleti district, the election administration was intimidated; particularly, MP Bezhan Gunava reportedly insulted PEC members.
In precinct 42 of Shuakhevi district, the village Gamgebeli
Aleksandre Sharashidze interrupted PEC commission work,
which became the reason for a conflict with PEC member
Amiran Chaghalidze and a physical confrontation.
In precinct 15 of Isani district, a PEC member did not
put the candidate is withdrawn sign across the candidates
name that caused misunderstanding and misinformation
for voters.
DECs examined appeals submitted by the observers. Due to
the consideration that the reported violations could not affect the
election results, the appeals were not accepted, but they were
discussed and considered as statements.
CONCLUSION
ISFEDs election monitoring results allow us to state that despite
some minor violations, the October 1, 2005 elections were
conducted fairly and the official results actually represent the
will of the voters.
The election administration demonstrated its readiness
to ensure that the election procedures were performed in a
transparent manner and in accordance with the law.
Due to the problems related to the voter lists, the October 1
elections showed that there is a lot to be done to improve the
election process.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Comprehensive amendments should be introduced into the Unified Election Code of Georgia to ensure its improvement; additionally, other legislation regulating the process should be examined;
A special emphasis in UEC amendments should be put on
the section that deals with voter lists. The work on the improvement of current voter lists should be completed well in
advance of the upcoming local elections and a daily update
should be ensured; officials specifically responsible for the
voter lists update should be defined;
Increasing the qualification and professionalism of the election
administration should become an area of constant attention;
The rules and procedures of conducting pre-election campaign and agitation should be defined in detail;
Transparency of election funds and budget expenses during
the elections should be ensured;
The funding of election campaigns should be regulated according to the Strasbourg document signed by the political
parties in July 2005;
Voter education and information work should be carried out
to increase the level of election culture;
The Parliament of Georgia should examine the possibility of
regulating primary elections by Georgian legislation.
gamaxvildes amomrCevelTa siebze. amomrCevelTa erTiani siebis srulyofaze muSaoba dasruldes momavali adgilobrivi TviTmmarTvelobis
arCevnebamde sakmarisad adre da ganxorcieldes maTi yoveldRiuri ganaxleba da dazusteba. konkretulad ganisazRvros amomrCevelTa siebsa
da monacemTa bazaze pasuxismgebeli pirebi;
saarCevno administraciis kvalifikacia da profesionalizmis amaRleba
gaxdes mudmivi zrunvis sagani;
detalurad gaiweros da dazustdes winasaarCevno kampaniisa da agitaciis wesebi da procedurebi;
uzrunvelyofil iqnes saarCevno fondisa da saarCevno periodSi sabiujeto saxsrebis xarjvis gamWvirvaloba;
saarCevno kampaniis regulireba ganxorcieldes politikuri partiebis mier 2005 wlis ivlisSi xelmowerili strasburgis SeTanxmebis
safuZvelze;
saarCevno kulturis asamaRleblad ganxorcieldes amomrCevelTa informirebisa da ganaTlebisken mimarTuli samuSaoebi;
saqarTvelos parlamentma ganixilos winaswari arCevnebis (praimeris)
saqarTvelos kanonmdeblobiT regulirebis SesaZlebloba.
2005 wlis 1 oqtombers, SabaTs, saqarTveloSi tardeba xelaxali da Sualeduri saparlamento arCevnebi baTumis, qobuleTis, Suaxevis, tyibulisa da
isnis saarCevno olqebSi. samarTliani arCevnebisa da demokratiis saerTaSoriso sazogadoebam (ISFED) mobilizeba gaukeTa 230 damkvirvebels romlebic daakvirdebian arCevnebs xuTive saarCevno olqis yvela saarCevno ubanze.
garda amisa, ISFED-s eyoleba damkvirveblebi saolqo saarCevno komisiebSi da
damkvirvebelTa mobiluri jgufebi yvela zemoCamoTvlil olqSi.
ISFED warmogidgenT winasaarCevno periodis monitoringis Sedegebs.
2005 wlis 1 oqtombris arCevnebis administrirebas saarCevno kodeqsSi
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csk-m gamosca me-5 dadgenileba, romelic uflebas aZlevs damkvirveblebs SeiTavson saarCevno komisiis wevrTa garkveuli funqciebi, radganac arsebobs saSiSroeba, rom arCevnebis dRes saarCevno komisiebma ver
ganaxorcielon kenWisyris yvela savaldebulo procedura.
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PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
October 1, 2005, Parliamentary Re-run and By-elections
winaswari gancxadeba
1 oqtombris xelaxal da Sualedur saparlamento arCevnebze
Voter lists
Although the accuracy of voter lists was one of the pre-election
period priorities, and some work was undertaken to improve
amomrCevelTa siebi
imis miuxedavad, rom amomrCevelTa siebis gamarTuloba winasaarCevno
periodis erT-erT umniSvnelovanes prioritetad iqca da Catarda
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saarCevno procedurebi
arCevnebi mTlianobaSi procedurebis dacviT mimdinareobda, saubno saarCevno komisiis wevrebi cdilobdnen SeesrulebinaT saarCevno procedurebTan
dakavSirebuli kanonis moTxovnebi, Tumca garkveul darRvevebs adgili
mainc hqonda, rac kidev erTxel adasturebs, rom sxvadasxva donis saarCevno administraciis profesionalizmis amaRleba centraluri saarCevno
komisiis erT-erT prioritetad unda iqces. aseve, mniSvnelovania, rom
xmebis daTvlisas da oqmebis Sedgenisas kvlav dafiqsirda uzustobebi, ris
gamoc ar iyo balansi daculi monacemebs Soris.
ISFED-is damkvirveblebis mier kenWisyris procedurasTan dakavSirebiT
daiwera 15 saCivari. xmebis daTvlis procedurebTan dakavSirebul saCivrebze informacia mxolod arCevnebis meore dRis 18 saaTis Semdeg gaxdeba
cnobili.
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Voting procedures
In general, elections were held in accordance with established
procedures. Precinct election commission members sought to
implement all election procedure requirements as provided by
the law; nevertheless some violations were still observed, which
once again points to the fact that the professional advancement
of different levels of election administration should become
one of the main priorities of the Central Election Commission. It
is also important to observe that during the vote counting and
protocol compilation, inconsistencies were noted, which resulted
in disparities in the data. ISFED observers wrote 15 appeals on
voting procedures. Information regarding appeals on the counting
procedure will be known after 6 p.m. of the second day.
aRsaniSnavia, saarCevno komisiebis mzadyofnaeTanamSromlaT damoukidebel damkvirveblebTan. umravles SemTxvevaSi, saarCevno administracia
dauyovnebliv axdenda reagirebas damkvirveblebis mier dafiqsirebul darRvevebze da gamoTqmul SeniSvnebze.
damkvirvebelTa informaciiT amomrCevelTa aqtivobis saboloo maCve
neblebia: tyibuli63,87%, baTumi25,15%, Suaxevi64,35%, qobuleTi42,54%, isani21,41%
Batumi 79
Jemal Inaishvili (United National Movement) (preliminary
results 74%)
Jumber Tavartkiladze (Georgian Conservative Party) (preliminary results 12%)
#79 baTumi
jemal inaiSvili (erTiani nacionaluri moZraoba)(winaswari monacemebiT74%)
jumber TavarTqilaZe (saqarTvelos konservatiuli partia)(winaswari monacemebiT12%)
Kobuleti 81
Koba Khabazi (United National Movement) (preliminary results
69%)
Jimsher Jincharadze (Georgian Conservative Party) (preliminary
results 29%)
#81 qobuleTi
koba xabazi (erTiani nacionaluri moZraoba)(winaswari monacemebiT69%)
jimSer jinWaraZe (saqarTvelos konservatiuli partia _ (winaswari monacemebiT29%)
ISFED-is damkvirveblebis mier mowodebuli informaciisa da sadamkvirveblo formebis monacemebis Sesabamisad, saarCevno olqebis mixedviT, saukeTeso Sedegis mqone kandidatebis monacemebia:
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#82 Suaxevi
elguja makaraZe (`erTiani nacionaluri moZraoba~)(winaswari monacemebiT67%)
edvard niJaraZe(memarjvene opoziciamrewvelebi, axlebi) (winaswari
monacemebiT26%)
Shuakhevi 82
Elguja Makaradze (United National Movement) - (preliminary
results 67%)
Edvard Nizharadze (Right Opposition-Industrialists)
(preliminary results 26%)
#57 tyibuli
pavle kublaSvili (~erTiani nacionaluri moZraoba~)(winaswari monacemebiT80%)
nino qvariani (memarjvene opoziciamrewvelebi, axlebi) _ (winaswari
monacemebiT17%)
Tkibuli 57
Pavle Kublashvili (United National Movement) (preliminary
results 80%)
Nino Kvariani (Right Opposition-Industrialists) (preliminary
results 17%)
#5 isani
biZina bregaZe (`erTiani nacionaluri moZraoba~) _ (winaswari monacemebiT53%)
giorgi mosiZe (memarjvene opoziciamrewvelebi, axlebi) _ (winaswari
monacemebiT35%)
Isani 5
Bidzina Bregadze (United National Movement) (preliminary
results 53%)
Giorgi Mosidze (Right Opposition-Industrialists) - (preliminary
results 35%)
ISFED daakvirdeba gasaCivrebisa da arCevnebis saboloo Sedegebis Sejamebis proceduras da 1 oqtombris arCevnebis Sesaxeb saboloo angariSs
uaxloes momavalSi miawvdis sazogadoebas.
samarTliani arCevnebisa da demokratiis saerTaSoriso sazogadoeba madlobas uxdis arCevnebSi monawile saqarTvelos moqalaqeebs aqtiurobisa
da maRali saarCevno kulturis gamovlenisaTvis.
rekomendaciebi:
dasruldes muSaoba amomrCevelTa erTiani siebis srulyofaze da ganxorcieldes maTi mudmivi ganaxleba da dazusteba;
ganxorcieldes saqarTvelos erTiani saarCevno kodeqsis kompleqsuri
cvlilebebi da srulyofa;
saarCevno administraciis kvalifikacia da profesionalizmis amaRleba
gaxdes mudmivi zrunvis sagani.
Recommendations:
Work on the improvement of voter lists should be completed and
it must be ensured, that the lists are updated on a regular basis;
Comprehensive amendments should be introduced to the
Unified Election Code of Georgia to ensure its perfection;
Increasing the qualifications and professionalism of election
administration should become a constant area of attention.
2 oqtomberi, 2005
13:00 saaTi
October 2, 2005
1 p.m.
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