Parliament elects Giorgi Kalandarishvili as CEC chairman

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16 April 2024, 16:38

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There is no need to recall anything, this is European legislation, it concerns only transparency - Matikashvili on the draft law “On the transparency of foreign influence”
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Parliament elects Giorgi Kalandarishvili as CEC chairman

15-02-2022 18:38

The Parliament elected the Chairman of the Central Election Commission and two members of the commission.

In the primary ballot, two candidates for the CEC chairmanship: Tengiz Tevzadze and Giorgi Kalandarishvili, failed to get two-thirds (100) votes in the full parliament.

According to the law, Giorgi Kalandarishvili was elected as the Chairman of the Central Election Commission for a term of 6 months by 84 votes against 2 in the second round of voting.

As for the election of professional members of the CEC - the MPs voted for 4 candidates for 2 vacant positions - Kristine Kajaia, Levan Isakadze, Maia Zaridze and Gia Tsatsashvili.

Similar to the election of the CEC Chairpaerson, none of the candidates managed to get 2/3 of the votes in the primary ballot.

As a result of repeated vote, Maia Zaridze was elected as a member of the Central Election Commission with 79 votes against 2 and Gia Tsatsashvili with 77 votes against 2, also for 6 months.

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