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Georgian PM hails election observers’confirmations of election results

10 October 2016 10:22 (UTC+04:00)
Georgian PM hails election observers’confirmations of election results

By Trend

Monitoring groups and international observers have confirmed that yesterday’s parliamentary elections in Georgia expressed the will of the electorate and reaffirmed Georgia’s democratic credentials, Georgians government reported. They also confirmed that the preliminary results were accurate. The statements by the EU, NATO, OSCE, and Council of Europe, as well as those from domestic election observers, were welcomed by the Government of Georgia.

“We don’t yet have the final results, but according to the preliminary results, we have convincingly won the elections…This brings us both great joy and even greater responsibility, and our team, will work tirelessly to justify this trust.” said Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili.

He added, “I would like to express my appreciation to the many observers for their active monitoring efforts.”

Nearly 30,000 non-partisan observers monitored the election, coming from 111 local and 55 international organizations. 5,368 representatives of 184 international and domestic media organizations also covered the election on October 8.

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