Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s (OSCE) parliamentary assembly President Riccardo Migliori describing the pre-election environment after a visit to Georgia on Aug. 22 said that there is a small element of Leninism in this electoral campaign. “Leninism is not to present programs, but rather trying to destroy the enemies.”
After a long-term election observation mission from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Campaign (ODIHR) represented a report, which says that the political environment ahead of the election “is polarized” and characterized by “frequent public exchanges of accusations and allegations among political adversaries.”
Transparency International Georgia has determined several worrying trends in the pre-election environment in Georgia: harassment of opposition supporters, the misuse of legal resources for political and electoral purposes, disproportional sanctions imposed on opposition parties for violations of the law, and the obstruction of party activities.
Recall that the 150-member parliament’s 77 seats will be allocated under the proportional, party-list system among those parties and election blocs that clear the 5 percent threshold, and the remaining 73 seats will go to majoritarian MPs elected in single-mandate constituencies. Several polls conducted by different organization reveal the ruling party’s lead according to their scenarios Regardless of which scenario ends up as the reality, the opposition has enough support to win 25 percent of seats.