Presidential elections will be held on October 28, 2018, Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili announced at a press briefing today.
Margvelashvili said the respective decree was already submitted to Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze for his approval.
According to the electoral code, the formal pre-election period will start 60 days before the Election Day, that is, August 29.
A whole set of legal obligations will go into effect from August 29, among them restrictions on use of administrative resources and doubling salaries for election administration staff.
