Four Armenian observers to monitor elections to local self-government bodies of Georgia

PanARMENIAN.Net - Representatives of Armenia's Central Election Committee will monitor the elections to local self-government bodies of Georgia, including direct elections of Tbilisi Mayor, as well as off-year parliamentary elections, Novosti-Gruzia news agency reported with reference to the Georgian Central Election Committee.

Besides, representatives of the following international institutions and organizations are registered as observers for the elections: the Georgian National Section of the International Society of Human Rights, OSCE Bureau of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, International Republican Institute, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, European Commission (21), Office of the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus (20), European Parliament (7), embassies of the U.S (68), Great Britain (51), Japan (6) and Sweden (3), as well as Central Election Committees of Armenia (4), Bulgaria (3) and Ukraine (1).

In whole, 13,000 observers from 36 local and 28 international organizations are registered by the Georgian Central Election Committee to monitor the voting process on May 30.