CEC Sets Repeat Parliamentary Elections’ Date

The Central Election Commission (CEC) set January 25 as a date for holding repeat parliamentary elections, as court canceled results of the November 2 parliamentary elections.

According to the election code the CEC should appoint repeat elections within the two months; however the President has the right to postpone vote.

Thus the CEC sent a letter to the Interim President Nino Burjanadze urging for postponement of elections. As the CEC claims there is not enough time to prepare properly for the parliamentary elections.

Now it is up to the Interim President to decide the final date of repeat parliamentary elections. Earlier Nino Burjanadze said that it would better to hold parliamentary elections simultaneously with the presidential elections, scheduled for January 4. 

The court canceled only the proportional, party-lists election results. Thus the candidates elected in the single-mandate constituencies can take seats in the new parliament; however 52 members of the current parliament (elected in 1999) appealed the Constitutional Court to cancel the election results in the single-mandate constituencies as well.