Intermediate Report Research of Pre-election Period - The Human ...

The SAO statement reads that main motive of declaring Voters‟ League to be subject of the
monitoring regulated by Article 261 of the Organic Law of Georgia on Political Union of
Citizens is goals and purposes of the organization: “to unify to liberate the country from
governmental monopoly, injustice and hopelessness caused by falsification… to unify to stop
government‟s supremacy over individuals, to protect personal dignity, freedom and future.”
In addition to that, “Ongoing verification activities of the voters‟ lists, on which the
organization spends its financial resources, are accompanied by clearly political statements
that directly connect organization‟s purposes and goals with political and election purposes
and activities. Public statements of politically active leaders of the Foundation demonstrate
political goals of the organization as well; those people try to communicate their political and
election goals with the society.”
In accordance to Article 261 Part I of the Organic Law of Georgia on Political Union of
Citizens “restrictions envisaged for political parties in this chapter shall work for the
individuals who have declared election goals and use financial and other material resources
to achieve those goals.”
Methodology of financial monitoring published by the SAO clarifies that “declared election
purpose… can be clarified as intention to influence political process, as aspiration to change
or maintain political reality when desire of a concrete individual to participate and win the
elections, and to come into government is evident. Thus, if a concrete individual has socalled
declared election goal, his/her activities shall aim not only at influencing political
processes but also has desire to participate and win elections.
Relying on the abovementioned circumstances we believe that none of the motives
mentioned in the statement of the SAO do not meet requirements of the Article 261 Part I of
the Organic Law of Georgia.
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