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GEORGIA'S OPPOSITION, GOVERNMENT AGREE ON ELECTORAL AMENDMENTS
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/656818/
18:30, 27 June, 2011
Negotiations on the improvement of electoral environment and electoral
legislation between the government and the opposition parties of
Georgia are over. The sides agreed on almost all issues that refer
to the process of election and prepared a special document, which
will be signed later today.
'We have finished negotiations on the improvement of electoral
environment and legislation. During this process, we discussed
al significant issues that are decisive in the process of vote
and prepared a final document. The process of negotiations will be
over at 6 pm today, when the document will be signed by the parties
participating in the discussions,' the MP from the ruling party,
Pavle Kublashvili told journalists today.
Meanwhile, the New Rights opposition party announced that the so-called
opposition eight had used all its resource of negotiations saying they
would no longer take part in the discussions in this format. The New
Rights Party has also published a special document summarizing the
process of negotiations as the first case, when the government broke
the ice and agreed to make changes to the electoral legislation in
agreement with the opponents.
'We can say that after the long-lasting efforts, for the first time
we have achieved not the best but a very solid result, which can make
the electoral environment obviously better. Of course, the result was
reached by various preconditions or coincidences: the correct tactics
selected by the opposition, support of international organizations,
approach of Georgian society to this process. Today the stereotype of
'political deadlock in negotiations' has been broken down.
We, the New Rights, announce publicly that we accept the proposals by
the government and we'll do our best to make the proposed amendments
be reflected in the new electoral legislations.
This is the first, but very serious step for the complex changes
to the electoral code and to regain the trust of the society to the
process of elections and to create adequate conditions for free and
fair elections,' Mamuka Katsitadze of the party announced at the
briefing today.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/656818/
18:30, 27 June, 2011
Negotiations on the improvement of electoral environment and electoral
legislation between the government and the opposition parties of
Georgia are over. The sides agreed on almost all issues that refer
to the process of election and prepared a special document, which
will be signed later today.
'We have finished negotiations on the improvement of electoral
environment and legislation. During this process, we discussed
al significant issues that are decisive in the process of vote
and prepared a final document. The process of negotiations will be
over at 6 pm today, when the document will be signed by the parties
participating in the discussions,' the MP from the ruling party,
Pavle Kublashvili told journalists today.
Meanwhile, the New Rights opposition party announced that the so-called
opposition eight had used all its resource of negotiations saying they
would no longer take part in the discussions in this format. The New
Rights Party has also published a special document summarizing the
process of negotiations as the first case, when the government broke
the ice and agreed to make changes to the electoral legislation in
agreement with the opponents.
'We can say that after the long-lasting efforts, for the first time
we have achieved not the best but a very solid result, which can make
the electoral environment obviously better. Of course, the result was
reached by various preconditions or coincidences: the correct tactics
selected by the opposition, support of international organizations,
approach of Georgian society to this process. Today the stereotype of
'political deadlock in negotiations' has been broken down.
We, the New Rights, announce publicly that we accept the proposals by
the government and we'll do our best to make the proposed amendments
be reflected in the new electoral legislations.
This is the first, but very serious step for the complex changes
to the electoral code and to regain the trust of the society to the
process of elections and to create adequate conditions for free and
fair elections,' Mamuka Katsitadze of the party announced at the
briefing today.