OSCE' MISSION CONCLUSION ON THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN GEORGIA
Support A1+!The 28 March parliamentary elections in Georgia demonstrated commendable progress in relation to previous elections, concludes the International Election Observation Mission in a statement of preliminary findings and conclusions issued today.
The Georgian authorities have seized the opportunity in the last few months to bring Georgia's election process into closer alignment with European standards for democratic elections, the Mission has found. However, continued intimidation and physical abuse against opposition supporters and journalists in Ajara, cast a shadow over the overall progress in the election process, its statement adds.
It also makes clear that Georgia's election process will only be fully tested in a more competitive environment, once a genuine level of political pluralism is re-established.
