Georgian Dream’s Secret Network to Control Elections
Georgian Dream’s call centers confirming the payment of 150 GEL in exchange to their work on the Election Day.
Official Results from the Central Election Commission for the 2024 Parliamentary Elections show the ruling Georgian Dream party leading with 54.23%. The combined total of opposition parties that passed the 5% threshold is 37.44%. While the Georgian Dream celebrates the victory, the opposition denies the legitimacy of the elections and observer organizations speak of “large-scale” rigging and demand the annulment of the official results.
Independent media plays a crucial role in this process, as their coverage throughout the pre-election period, on election day, and afterward has highlighted methods of rigging- voter manipulation and the systematic nature of these violations.
To broaden accessibility for diverse audiences, MAC gathers and translates journalists’ election-related coverage into English, compiling it in this section.