18 November 2024,   12:42
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CEC sues Courier journalist

The Central Election Commission (CEC) against the Courier journalist - the Central Election Commission (GNCC) sues Rustavi2 for the news broadcast yesterday.

At today`s briefing Giorgi Sharabidze explained that the CEC demands a public denial of the facts of the report.

According to him, the story prepared on the procurement of election administration contained substantial inaccuracies. According to Giorgi Sharabidze, the CEC law gives the right to purchase without tender and at this time the preliminary coding of prices and study of the goods to be purchased according to the samples presented takes place .

The election administration makes explanations about the purchased goods and spent money.

"The election administration believes that the story contained false information that damages the election administration`s image and general electoral environment. Consequently, the CEC shall apply to the court against the journalist in order to oblige him to deny the wrong facts mentioned in the report publicly, "-said Giorgi Sharabidze.

The report about the research carried out by the NGO sector was aired in the 9-o`clock courier yesterday.

The Movement "Stop Corruption" discovered violations of the Purchase Law. The emphasis was made on the secret contracts made by the Security Service and on the hundreds of thousands of GEL spent in August without tender by the CEC. The report deals with questions related to the purpose of procurement. The CEC does not point out the documentation, specifically what budget funds were spent on purchasing the goods.

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