The Head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, Razhden Kuprashvili presented today financial monitoring results of the political parties.

Based on the results of the monitoring, the Bureau asked all political parties to submit their financial statements for the first 8 months of the year by August 31

Citing “high public interest”, Kuprashvili also focused on the “Democracy Festival [DemFest]”, organized by the EECMD and financed by the “Danish Institute for Parties and Democracy”, claiming that the event carries a political nature.

He claimed the DemFest is intended to show support for certain parties, while also being preferential to certain parties, while not all parties are invited to participate. He also said the series of events featured organizations represented during the event that are “linked” to different political parties. “The process of obtaining evidence in the above case is underway and the summary decision will be announced to the public”.

“Based on the evidence obtained, we have reason to assume that the Festival of Democracy has a political character and is aimed at supporting specific participating political parties.

Only a part of the political parties were invited to the festival, and not all parties had the opportunity to participate. Only those non-governmental organisations whose activities are aimed at supporting or refraining from supporting a particular political party participated in the so-called festival. The process of obtaining evidence is underway”, - said Razhden Kuprashvili.