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Special Election Projects and Election Subjects SPECIAL ELECTION PROJECTS AND ELECTION SUBJECTS PARTICIPATING IN TV DEBATE OUT OF 50 REGISTERED ELECTION SUBJECTS, 42 ELECTION SUBJECTS PARTICIPATED IN THE DEBATE (INCLUDING 13 QUALIFIED SUBJECTS AND 29 NON-QUALIFIED SUBJECTS). THE FOLLOWING QUALIFIED PARTIES PARTICIPATED: 1 Georgian Labour Party 2 Davit Chichinadze - Tribuna - CDM 3 Traditionalists 4 Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia 5 Giorgi Vashadze-Strategy Aghmashenebeli 6 Freedom - The Way of Zviad Gamsakhurdia 7 New Christian-Democrats 2 ELECTIONS 2020 8 Bakradze, Ugulava, Bokeria – European Georgia - Movement for Liberty 9 United National Movement - United Opposition “Strength is in Unity” 10 Nino Burjanadze - United Georgia - Democratic Movement 11 Political Union of Citizens “Political Movement of Armed Veterans and Patriots of Georgia” 12 Free Democrats 13 Free Georgia (Kakha Kukava, Giorgi Tsulaia) 2020 ELECTIONS 3 THE FOLLOWING UNQUALIFIED PARTIES PARTICIPATED: 1 “Road of Zviadi” (For God, Justice for the Country) 2 Georgian March - National Movement 3 For Social Justice 4 Sakartvelo 5 Change Georgia 6 Gia Zhorzholiani - Social - Democrats for Development of Georgia 7 Bezhan Gunava- Georgian Choice 8 Ana Rekhviashvili – Public Movement Christian-Democrats 9 Georgian Roots 10 Lelo - Mamuka Khazaradze 11 Tamaz Mechiauri for United Georgia 12 Georgian Idea 13 Gachechiladze – Greens’ Party 14 Future Georgia 15 Eka Beselia - “For Justice” 16 Reformers 17 National Democratic Movement 18 Georgian Development Party 4 ELECTIONS 2020 19 New Power 20 Choice for Georgia 21 Irakli Okruashvili - Victorious Georgia 22 Political Union of Citizens “Our Georgia - Solidarity Alliance of Georgia” 23 Conservative Party of Georgia 24 Girchi 25 Progressive Georgia 26 Peoples Party 27 Reformer 28 Whites 29 Socialist Workers’ Party 2020 ELECTIONS 5 REFUSED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEBATE: QUALIFIED SUBJECTS: ▶ Davit Tarkhan-Mouravi, Irma Inashvili –Alliance of Georgian Patriots ▶ Movement for Free Georgia ▶ National-Democratic Party (NDP) ▶ Industry will save Georgia UNQUALIFIED SUBJECTS: ▶ Patriots’ Order “Samshoblo” ▶ Aleko Elisashvili - Citizens ▶ Jondo Baghaturia - Georgian Troupe ▶ Sergo Javakhadze - Euro-Atlantic Vector 6 ELECTIONS 2020 THE FOLLOWING PARTIES PARTICIPATED IN THE CASTING OF THE DE- BATE. HOWEVER, BEFORE THE PROJECT STARTED, THEY WERE CAN- CELED AS ELECTION SUBJECTS AND, CONSEQUENTLY, THESE PARTIES DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THIS DEBATE: ▶ Christian-Conservative Party of Georgia ▶ Party of Georgian Unity and Development ▶ Union for Protection the Georgian Pensioners’ Rights ▶ Unity of Georgian Nationalists – Gaioz Mamaladze ▶ Georgian Social-Democratic Party ▶ Unity of Iberians ▶ Davit Chichinadze “Tribuna” ▶ Our United Georgia ▶ Georgia’s Euroatlantic Way 2020 ELECTIONS 7 THE FOLLOWING PARTIES (45 ELECTORAL SUBJECTS IN TOTAL) BENEFITTED 5 MINUTES OF LIVE BROADCAST IN THE MAIN PROGRAM OF MOAMBE: 1 Whites 2 Socialist Workers’ Party 3 Progressive Georgia 4 Peoples Party 5 Reformer 6 Conservative Party of Georgia 7 Girchi 8 Our United Georgia 9 Our Georgia - Solidarity Alliance of Georgia 10 Irakli Okruashvili - Victorious Georgia 11 New Power 12 Choice for Georgia 13 Reformers 14 Georgian Development Party 15 National Democratic Movement 16 Eka Beselia - For Justice 17 Giorgi Gachechiladze – Greens’ Party 8 ELECTIONS 2020 18 Giorgi Laghidze - Future Georgia 19 Tamaz Mechiauri for United Georgia 20 Lelo - Mamuka Khazaradze 21 Georgian Idea 22 Georgian Roots 23 Social - Democrats for Development of Georgia 24 Bezhan Gunava- Georgian Choice 25 Change Georgia 26 Jondo Baghaturia - Georgian Troupe 27 Sakartvelo 28 Georgian March - National Movement 29 For Social Justice 30 Aleko Elisashvili - Citizens 31 Road of Zviadi (For God, Justice for the Country) 32 Free Georgia 33 Free Democrats 34 Political Movement of Armed Veterans and Patriots of Georgia 35 Bloc. United National Movement - United Opposition “Strength is in Unity” 36 United Georgia - Democratic Movement 2020 ELECTIONS 9 37 Bakradze, Ugulava, Bokeria – European Georgia - Movement for Liberty 38 Tavisupleba - Zviad Gamsakhurdias Gza 39 New Christian-Democrats 40 Giorgi Vashadze - Strategy Aghmashenebeli 41 Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia 42 Traditionalists 43 Davit Tarkhan-Mouravi, Irma Inashvili – Alliance of Georgian Patriots 44 Georgian Labour Party 45 Davit Chichinadze - Tribuna - CDM 10 ELECTIONS 2020 THE FOLLOWING ELECTION SUBJECTS DID NOT USE MOAMBE’S AIRTIME: 1 Sergo Javakhidze - Euro-Atlantic Vector 2 Ana Rekhviashvili – Public Movement Christian-Democrats 3 Patriots’ Order Samshoblo 4 National-Democratic Party (NDP) 5 Movement for Free Georgia 6 Industry will save Georgia 2020 ELECTIONS 11 THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS PARTICIPATED IN THE CAST- ING PART, BUT BEFORE THE PROJECT STARTED, THEY WERE CANCELED AS ELECTION SUBJECTS AND, CONSE- QUENTLY, DID NOT DEVOTE AIRTIME TO: 1 Christian-Conservative Party of Georgia 2 Party of Georgian Unity and Development 3 Union for Protection the Georgian Pensioners’ Rights 4 Unity of Georgian Nationalists – Gaioz Mamaladze 5 Georgian Social-Democratic Party 6 Unity of Iberians 7 Davit Chichinadze - Tribuna 8 Georgia’s Euroatlantic Way 12 ELECTIONS 2020 PRESENTATION OF PARTIES ELECTION PROGRAMS BY GEORGIAN RADIO A total of 43 subjects (13 qualified and 30 unqualified) made presentations within the project (September 30 - October 29). 7 election subjects (4 qualified and 3 unqualified) refused to participate in the project. 9 election subjects participated in the casting of the First Channel, but then the CEC canceled their registration. THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE PROJECT: QUALIFIED SUBJECTS: 1 Movement for Free Georgia #12 2 National-Democratic Party (NDP) #33 3 New Christian-Democrats #16 4 Industry will save Georgia #18 UNQUALIFIED SUBJECTS: 1 Patriots’ Order - Samshoblo #57 2 Georgian March - National Movement #55 3 Sergo Javakhidze - Euro-Atlantic Vector #52 2020 ELECTIONS 13 DISTRIBUTED BY CASTING BUT CANCELED CEC REGISTRATION: 1 Christian-Conservative Party of Georgia #37 2 Party of Georgian Unity and Development #59 3 Unity of Georgian Nationalists – Gaioz Mamaladze #40 4 Union for Protection the Georgian Pensioners’ Rights #39 5 Georgian Social-Democratic Party #58 6 Unity of Iberians #38 7 Davit Chichinadze - Tribuna #29 8 Our United Georgia 15 9 Georgia’s Euroatlantic Way 22 14 ELECTIONS 2020 THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS PARTICIPATED IN THE PROJECT QUALIFIED SUBJECTS: 1 Georgian Labour Party 10 2 Davit Chichinadze - Tribuna - CDM 4 3 Traditionalists 53 4 Davit Tarkhan-Mouravi, Irma Inashvili – Alliance of Georgian Patriots 8 5 Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia 41 6 Giorgi Vashadze-Strategy Aghmashenebeli 27 7 Tavisupleba - Zviad Gamsakhurdias Gza 31 8 Bakradze, Ugulava, Bokeria – European Georgia - Movement for Liberty 2 9 United National Movement - United Opposition “Strength is in Unity” 5 10 Nino Burjanadze - United Georgia - Democratic Movement 3 11 Political Union of Citizens “Political Movement of Armed Veterans and Patriots of Georgia” 51 12 Free Democrats 25 13 Free Georgia (Kakha Kukava, Giorgi Tsulaia) 21 Note: On September 28, when the First Channel of Georgia conducted a casting with the participation of parties, 59 election subjects were registered. However, some of the subjects were suspended from registration before the start of the project and during the project. 2020 ELECTIONS 15.
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