Voter casts her ballot during president election in Tbilisi (Mari Nikuradze/OC Media)
Georgia’s Justice Minister Tea Tsulukiani has accused three leading Georgian transparency groups of lying over accusations the government may be planning to rig 28 November’s presidential run-off election. [Read more…]
Bidzina Ivanishvili (ipress.ge)
On 26 October, former Georgian Prime Minister and the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili again berated several leading local non-governmental organisations, in an interview with journalists. [Read more…]
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A number of leaders in the ruling Georgian Dream Party have lashed out at the country’s non-governmental sector over their criticism of the government’s handling of the Omega tapes scandal. Fifteen prominent NGOs have joined together to demand action over the secret recordings, labelling them a ‘clear sign of grand corruption and informal clan rule in Georgia’.
