The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) released its third interim report on the parliamentary elections. The document id covering a period from August 4 to September 5 and includes some developments that began before August 4.
According to the report, signs of the use of administrative resources and possible attempts of vote-buying remain as key challenges of the pre-election environment.
ISFED identified:
17 cases of supposed vote-buying;
2 projects initiated by the government to possibly win the public over during the election period;
3 supposedly politically motivated dismissals;
4 cases of possible political pressure; one case of supposed politically motivated physical abuse;
18 possible cases of the use of administrative resources;
6 cases of the Church interfering in the pre-election campaign;
2 cases of possible obstruction of media activities.
According to the organization, possible attempts at vote-buying were carried out by the ruling party Georgian Dream, Alliance of Patriots, Free Georgia and the United National Movement.