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