We would like to respond to the incident of gross interference with the right to peaceful assembly by the police, which took place at a protest rally organized by Zaza Saralidze and Malkhaz Machalikashvili in front of the Parliament in Tbilisi on September 26, 2018. As confirmed by news reports, the protesters were planning to put up a tent on the pavement, which would not have caused interruption/blocking of the functioning of the Parliament building. Police officers dismantled the construction of the tent and didn’t allow the protesters to continue the protest in this form. There were also reports that the police had used physical force against the protesters, confiscated the tent, and conducted a search of a car. On the same day, at about 11 PM, the police prevented civil activist Nata Peradze and a person accompanying her from joining the ongoing protest rally and forcibly confiscated a bag which contained a tent. They were only allowed to enter the area of the rally after the police had confiscated the tent.

The public has recently become aware of a number of alleged instances of corruption involving public officials. The notable examples are the public materials related to the activities of the Omega Group and TV Iberia, which are indicative of severe corruption, in which public officials may have been involved. In spite of the fact that the authenticity of the recordings has not yet been verified, it is highly concerning that the government has not responded to these materials.

The Coalition is concerned that the process of selecting the new Chief Justice is suspended until this day. We again remind the authorized persons that based on the Constitutional amendments that are set to take effect upon the swearing-in of the next President of Georgia, the High Council of Justice (HCOJ) is given the authority to nominate the candidate for the Chief Justice position.

ხელმომწერი არასამთავრობო ორგანიზაციები ვგმობთ 19 სექტემბერს, ქუთაისის საკრებულოს ენმ-ს დეპუტატზე ფიზიკურ თავდასხმას. სამწუხაროა, რომ არაერთგზის მოწოდების მიუხედავად, ცალკეული მუნიციპალიტეტის წარმომადგენლობით ორგანოში კვლავ აქვს ადგილი ძალადობის სხვადასხვა ფორმით გამოვლინების შემთხვევებს.

ხელმომწერი ორგანიზაციები ვეხმიანებით 2017 წლის 1 დეკემბერს თბილისში, ხორავას ქუჩაზე მომხდარი დანაშაულის შედეგად, ორი ახალგაზრდის მკვლელობის საქმის შემსწავლელი, საქართველოს პარლამენტის დროებითი საგამოძიებო კომისიის საბოლოო დასკვნას და იმ პრობლემებს, რაც საგამოძიებო კომისიამ მუშაობის პროცესში გამოავლინა.

International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) responds to accusations made by the Georgian National Communications Commission (GNCC) Chairman, Kakha Bekauri during a press conference on September 14.

14 სექტემბერს, სამართლიანი არჩევნებისა და დემოკრატიის საერთაშორისო საზოგადოებამ (ISFED), საქართველოს ახალგაზრდა იურისტთა ასოციაციამ და საერთაშორისო გამჭვირვალობა საქართველომ გამართეს კონფერენცია 2018 წლის საპრეზიდენტო არჩევნების წინასაარჩევნო გარემოს გამოწვევების შესახებ. 

International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) has been conducting long-term observation of October 28, 2018 Presidential Election of Georgia since August 1, 2018. Sixty-nine long-term observers of the organization have been involved in the nationwide monitoring starting from August 10.

On September 13, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) presented its first interim report of monitoring the 2018 presidential election of Georgia. The document covers the period from August 1 to September 8, but it also summarizes certain events that affected the electoral process beyond this period.