Ruling Party Nominates Candidates for MP By-Elections

The ruling National Movement party nominated its candidates to run in the October 1 parliamentary by-elections for the five vacant majoritarian (single-mandate) seats on August 10.

Bidzina Bregadze, who is currently Deputy Interior Minister, will run to represent Tbilisi?s Isani district.

Koba Khabazi, the head of the Local Government and Regional Policy Coordination Office at the President?s Administration – in the Kobuleti constituency of the Adjara Autonomous Republic.

Jemal Inaishvili, the President of the Georgian Chamber of Commerce ? for the seat representing Batumi, Adjara.

Elguja Makaridze, a member of the President?s Council of Advisers ? in the Shuakhevi constituency, Adjara.

Pavle Kublashvili, the President?s Parliamentary Secretary – in the Tkibuli constituency in western Georgia.

Political secretary of the National Movement Party Giorgi Arveladze, who also is the chief of the President?s Administration, said at a news conference on August 10, that each of the nominated candidates is ?honorable? who played an important role in Georgia?s Rose Revolution in 2003.

Four opposition parties ? the New Rights, the Conservatives, the Freedom Party and the Laborists ? will nominate a single candidate for each of the seats through primary elections.

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