Parliament Adopted Baker’s Plan
(Tbilisi, July 24, 2003, Civil Georgia) – After heated discussions till late midnight Parliamentary special session adopted on July 24 rule of composition of the Central Election Commission, which considers implementation of the US-suggested election guidelines, delivered in Georgia by the former US Secretary of State James Baker.
According to the rule the CEC will be composed with the five representatives of the pro-governmental election alliance and nine representatives of the !
opposition parties. The chairman of the CEC will be nominated by the OSCE and approved by the CEC members. Each opposition party will have one seat in the CEC.
The Revival and Industrialists opposition factions were against the proposal demanding four and two seats in the CEC respectively. The Revival threatened to boycott the Parliamentary elections in case of refusal to take into consideration its demand.
The voting on the proposal revealed disagreement among the pro-Presidential factions. The part of the pro-Presidential factions were against the proposal, however after the consultations with the President they supported the proposal.
