On 28 October, after the polling stations were closed, Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chairman of the Parliament and one of the leaders of Georgian Dream, informed the public about the results of the exit poll conducted by the Psychoproject Research Ce

 According to our observations, the 2018 Presidential elections were held in a largely peaceful environment, without serious violent incidents. Nevertheless, the Election Day showed a new problematic trend related to alleged vote buying and mobi

 By this time, our observers have reported up to 90 insignificant and relatively serious violations. We have filed 9 complaints. Some of the serious violations are following:Active mobilization of voters and alleged instances of vote buyingA lar

 According to our observation, at this time the 2018 Presidential Elections are being held in a largely peaceful environment. Vast majority of the electoral precincts, where our static observers are stationed, have been opened on time.Our observ

 Transparency International Georgia (TI Georgia) will deploy 350 observers to monitor the October 28 Presidential Elections. Our static observers will cover 300 precincts throughout the country. In addition, 45 mobile groups will also be involve

 Non-governmental organizations respond to the arrest of Zaza Saralidze and believe that his actions were provoked by persistent and gross violations of human rights by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.The Ministry of Internal Affairs

  TI Georgia has been monitoring campaign revenues and expenditures of the presidential candidates running in the 2018 election. In the reporting period of 1 August to 15 October 2018, this effort has revealed several key findings:Candidate

 Monitoring of 2018 Presidential Elections, conducted by TI Georgia from June 1 to October 20, revealed several negative trends in terms of misuse of administrative resources.Misuse of Enforcement Administrative Resources during Electoral Proces

 On Saturday, 13 October, the Rustavi 2 TV Company aired a story about expensive real estate owned by some of the high-ranking public officials. The information given in the story raises legitimate questions whether public officials have declare

 Leading members of the Government of Georgia and the ruling party continue their purposeful attacks on non-governmental organizations and their heads. Minister of Justice Tea Tsulukiani carried out yet another attack of this kind at the Interna