Four Armenian observers to monitor elections to local self-government
bodies of Georgia
May 30, 2010 – 17:44 AMT 12:44 GMT
PanARMENIAN.Net –
Representatives of Armenia’s Central Election Committee will monitor
the elections to local self-government bodies of Georgia, including
direct elections of Tbilisi Mayor, as well as off-year parliamentary
elections, Novosti-Gruzia news agency reported with reference to the
Georgian Central Election Committee.
Besides, representatives of the following international institutions
and organizations are registered as observers for the elections: the
Georgian National Section of the International Society of Human
Rights, OSCE Bureau of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights,
International Republican Institute, Congress of Local and Regional
Authorities of the Council of Europe, European Commission (21), Office
of the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus (20), European
Parliament (7), embassies of the U.S (68), Great Britain (51), Japan
(6) and Sweden (3), as well as Central Election Committees of Armenia
(4), Bulgaria (3) and Ukraine (1).
In whole, 13,000 observers from 36 local and 28 international
organizations are registered by the Georgian Central Election
Committee to monitor the voting process on May 30.
From: A. Papazian