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Commission, does not allow them to work because of the political reasons. Both parties are
united in the coalition Georgian Dream.
Only those two members of the DEC do not have working places in the office. The Head of
the District Election Commission refused them to study applications of the Precinct Election
Commission membership candidates.
According to the Article 25 of the Election Code of Georgia, the DEC members must elect
PEC members before August 16.
“I do not have access to full information though we are obliged to elect PEC members before
August 16. Today the Head of the DEC said she will give us only part of the information
without phone numbers of applications alleging it violates their rights. She said she could not
give us their telephone numbers without their written permission. It was her clarification.
She added we could see autobiographies but could not get their numbers. We need to know
whom we will elect as Commission members before meeting”, Beka Maisuradze told the
Information Centre of Kakheti. He is a member of the Gurjaani District Election Commission
#12 from the Conservative Party.
According to the Natalia Begashvili, the Head of the DEC, the Commission members can
work in the hall. As for the applications PEC membership candidates, she added that these
statements include personal information and Commission members are not allowed to get
the information without their consent. 37
17. On August 17, verbal controversy between the activists of the National Movement and
Georgian Dream‟s supporters in Gomi village, Samtredia district turned into physical
violence.
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