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New Generation – New Initiative Requests to Annul Election Results in Azeri Villages of Sagarejo District

May 31, 2010
Head of the organization New Generation – New Initiative Mikheil Devdariani evaluates the municipal elections positively; however, he requests the abolishment of the election results in 10 polling stations.

On May 31 Mikheil Devdariani stated at the press-conference in their office that they request to annul the election results in the villages of Sagarejo district which are populated by ethnic Azeri people.

“What happened in those polling stations had nothing to do with the elections and everything was done against the election procedures,” said Devdariani.

New Generation – New Initiative also requests to annul the results in the polling station # 23 in Vake election district in Tbilisi; the secretary gave ballot papers to the registrar in secret on which the desired candidate were already marked.

Devdariani said that two tendencies were observed between violations. “The ballot was not carried out in accordance to the law and violations happened in regard with portable ballot boxes.”

According to Mikheil Devdariani, more than 20 complaints were filed to the CEC from their organization. The observed violations cannot influence the overall results of the elections.

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