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46. When representatives of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and other international
organizations suggest the government of Georgia to improve election environment,
oppression on the Georgian Dream‟s members continues. Varlam Khatridze, member of the
Coalition‟s human rights committee got in touch with for.ge and informed us about concrete
facts of intimidation and oppression on Coalition members.
Khatridze said besides State Audit Office, police departments also summon members and
supporters of the Coalition Georgian Dream for interrogation and psychologically oppress
them. For.ge interviewed Varlam Khatridze on the issue. 65
47. Poor people donate several dozen thousand lari to the ruling party – National Movement
and the State Audit Office does not pay attention to it. However, the latter is observing
donations to other political parties and imposes sanctions on them immediately.
SAO fights against donators of the Georgian Dream with particular severity and seizes and
sells their properties. Properties of both large and small donators are seized equally. Head of
Georgian Dream‟s election administration in Poti Beso Jojua faced this problem.
Beso Jojua ordered an advertising subtitle in the cable TV-station which announced time and
place of Eka Beselia‟s presentation as a majoritarian candidate of the Georgian Dream in Poti.
He paid ten lari for the advertisement that became ground for the SAO to get interested in
his personality and Jojua was summoned as a witness to find out the origin of the donated ten
lari. 66
48. Interrogation of people, who had applied to the foundation Komagi for help at different
times, has been underway since June. New group of citizens linked with Komagi was
summoned for the interrogation; their accounts are completely sequestered.
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