Out of 14 candidates only 5 candidates passed through a secret ballot to the second round of the competition for the position of the director of the public broadcaster.

Nino Zautashvili, Tinatin Berdzenishvili, Natia Kuprashvili, Vasil Maglaperidze and Zaal Anjaparidze are waiting for the final decision of the board in the second round.
After registering as a candidate, Vasil Maghlaperidze denied the information that he was a candidate of the government, .

Tinatin Berdzenishvili expects the .Board to take an objective decision. Natia Kuprashvili speaks about the need to protect the decision from beeing biased.

Nino Zautashvili does not exclude political influence on the process and says that activism of the society is needed.
The candidates who were not admitted to the second round say that the
Board of Trustees is biased.

The Board of Trustees will make the final decision through voting on January 6.