The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) addressed Central Election Commission regarding 6 campaign clips posted on Alliance of Patriots’ Facebook page.

According to the organization, the videos contain anti-Turkish proclamations aimed at fueling hostile attitudes towards Turkey, the content may also provoke ethnic and religious hostilities.

“Each video clip is accompanied by a slogan: “Defend Adjara, defend your part of Georgia”, while the party leader proclaims: “Defend your part of Georgia. You can do it. We should act and not concede Adjara to Turkey”.

The cost of advertising to be in the range of USD 100-200, with a potential reach of more than a million voting-age Facebook users.

The Kremlin-friendly opposition party’s campaign clips are in breach of Article 45 of the Election Code of Georgia. ISFED states that CEC should take the issue to the court and also call on the party to remove the video clips”, - reads the statement of ISFED.