Two candidates drop out of Georgia election race
By Nazrin Gadimova
The number of candidates for presidency registered in Georgia's Central Election Commission (CEC) has been reduced by two.
According to the CEC, six election nominees have been registered to date.
Tariel Khvedelidze and Giorgi Gakhokiya were reportedly deregistered due to violations found in their documentation.
Mikheil Saluashvili, Nestan Kirtadze, Mamuka Chokhonelidze, Nikoloz Gorgijanidze, Labor Party leader Shalva Natelashvili, and the leader of the Christian Democratic Movement Giorgi Targamadze will stand in the elections.
The 2013 presidential election in Georgia is scheduled for October. This will be the 6th presidential election after the country's declaration of independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. The last one, held on January 5, 2008, resulted in the election of Mikheil Saakashvili for his second and final presidential term. According to the constitution, Saakashvili cannot run for a third consecutive term.
Upon the inauguration of a new president in 2013, a series of constitutional amendments passed in the parliament of Georgia from 2010 to 2013 will go into effect. The amendments envisage significant reduction of the President's powers in favor of the Prime Minister.
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