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    TBILISI HOSTED MAYOR'S ELECTIONS

    Panorama.am
    12:17 31/05/2010

    Region

    Georgia's capital city Tbilisi hosted elections yesterday at 8 in the
    morning. Panorama.am reporter told from Tbilisi the situation was
    calm - people went casting their ballots, some visited church. Our
    reporter has already told 17 parties and party alliance, as well
    as 9 candidates have been nominated to the mayor's elections. Local
    residents were to vote their municipal council and mayor. It's the
    first time people here vote for their mayor directly since earlier
    the city council was authorized to nominate the mayor.

    An electoral unit located in Brolosan Street was populated; people
    stood a queue to cast their ballot. Opposition candidate for
    "Alliance - for Georgia" Irakly Alasania cast his ballot here. He
    told the reporters he had high mood and hoped the elections would
    be in favor to him. "The weather is fine, I'm positively inclined,"
    the candidate said. It's worth mentioning that his proportional list
    of candidates included only one Armenian in the 56th horizontal.

    The Georgians here told he isn't a communicating person and doesn't
    like public speeches.

    Georgians tell another candidate for ruling "National Movement"
    Party Gigi Ugulava likes communication with people and has done
    much to Tbilisi. Ugulava told the reporters that they have Armenian
    candidates in their party's list. The candidate came casting his
    ballot with his 4 children.

    It's worth reminding that Tbilisi's Armenian Assembly coordinator
    Arnold Stepanyan told earlier that Ugulava's proportional list didn't
    include any Armenian. Hence the Assembly called on local Armenians
    to boycott the lists and not to cast for them.

    "Christian-democratic union" candidate Gia Chanturia, who is famous
    for his pro-Azerbaijani policy, cast his ballot in a school located
    in Vazha pshanela street. Assembly coordinator Arnold Stepanyan told
    earlier this candidate had ignored the Armenian community and had
    no meeting with them. To Panorama.am question why there isn't any
    Armenian in his list of candidates he answered confusingly: "I'm alone
    as mayor's candidate. Ask it to alliances and parties." This candidate
    has once ruled the office of Georgia's Ambassador to Azerbaijan.

    Talks about infringements have already risen recorded by NGO-s. Follow
    our news to find detailed information about the Georgian elections.




    From: A. Papazian
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