Tbilisi hosted Mayor’s elections

Region 12:17 31/05/2010

Tbilisi hosted Mayor’s elections

Author Hasmik Hambardzumyan, Tbilisi

Georgia’s capital city Tbilisi hosted elections yesterday at 8 in the morning. Panorama.am reporter told from Tbilisi the situation was calm – people went casting their ballots, some visited church. Our reporter has already told 17 parties and party alliance, as well as 9 candidates have been nominated to the mayor’s elections. Local residents were to vote their municipal council and mayor. It’s the first time people here vote for their mayor directly since earlier the city council was authorized to nominate the mayor.

An electoral unit located in Brolosan Street was populated; people stood a queue to cast their ballot. Opposition candidate for “Alliance – for Georgia” Irakly Alasania cast his ballot here. He told the reporters he had high mood and hoped the elections would be in favor to him. “The weather is fine, I’m positively inclined,” the candidate said. It’s worth mentioning that his proportional list of candidates included only one Armenian in the 56^th horizontal.
The Georgians here told he isn’t a communicating person and doesn’t like public speeches.

Georgians tell another candidate for ruling “National Movement” Party Gigi Ugulava likes communication with people and has done much to Tbilisi. Ugulava told the reporters that they have Armenian candidates in their party’s list. The candidate came casting his ballot with his 4 children.

It’s worth reminding that Tbilisi’s Armenian Assembly coordinator Arnold Stepanyan told earlier that Ugulava’s proportional list didn’t include any Armenian. Hence the Assembly called on local Armenians to boycott the lists and not to cast for them.

“Christian-democratic union” candidate Gia Chanturia, who is famous for his pro-Azerbaijani policy, cast his ballot in a school located in Vazha pshanela street. Assembly coordinator Arnold Stepanyan told earlier this candidate had ignored the Armenian community and had no meeting with them. To Panorama.am question why there isn’t any Armenian in his list of candidates he answered confusingly: “I’m alone as mayor’s candidate. Ask it to alliances and parties.” This candidate has once ruled the office of Georgia’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan.

Talks about infringements have already risen recorded by NGO-s. Follow our news to find detailed information about the Georgian elections.

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