The President of Georgia spoke about the recent parliamentary elections with the Chairperson of the Central Election Commission.

Salome Zourabichvili thanked Tamar Zhvania and her team for holding free, fair and just elections amid the pandemic.

“The President reaffirmed her respect for the Head of the CEC and the electoral administration as a whole and expressed gratitude for the fact that they were able to organize an exemplary and democratic election, despite the challenging conditions of the pandemic. During the meeting, the initial positive assessments of the elections by the observer missions and the international community were highlighted. The President stressed that pressure, threats, and insults on one of the main impartial institutions, the cornerstone of the electoral process – the election administration and its female chairperson is unacceptable for a democratic country”, - reads the statement, issues after the meeting.