Georgia's 2020 Parliamentary Elections: Results & Reactions
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Issue no: 1271 • NOVEMBER 6 - 12, 2020 • PUBLISHED WEEKLY PRICE: GEL 2.50 In this week’s issue... Georgia Resumes Regular Flights to Several More Cities NEWS PAGE 3 Protesters Rally & March, but to What Effect? POLITICS PAGE 4 To Stop the Counting or to Recount, Trump’s Real Question POLITICS PAGE 5 How a Team of 4 Students Became a Beeline Business Partner BUSINESS PAGE 6 Carrefour Continues Digital Expansion: Products Now Available on Wolt FOCUS BUSINESS PAGE 7 ON GLORIA JEANS The Better Alternative: A new brand of coffee enters Solving Disputes through Tbilisi, with plans to expand PAGE 9 Mediation BUSINESS PAGE 9 Israeli Embassy & MASHAV Georgia’s 2020 Parliamentary Deliver Half Ton of Equipment to Georgia's National Center Elections: Results & Reactions for Disease Control SOCIETY PAGE 10 BY ANA DUMBADZE Guide to Georgia’s n Saturday, October 31, one of the Regional Theaters 2020 year's most important political CULTURE PAGE 11 events, the 2020 Parliamentary Elec- tions, took place in Georgia, allowing voters to elect 150 members of par- Prepared for Georgia Today Business by liament for a four-year term with a mixed model: Markets O Asof02ͲNovͲ2020 120 MPs elected through the proportional system, STOCKS Price w/w m/m BONDS Price w/w m/m BankofGeorgia(BGEOLN) GBP8.99 Ͳ2,3% +1,0% GEOROG04/21 101.47(YTM3.62%) +0,1% Ͳ0,2% and 30 through the majoritarian system. GeorgiaCapital(CGEOLN) GBP3.71 Ͳ4,0% Ͳ1,1% GEORG04/21 101.72(YTM2.90%) Ͳ0,2% Ͳ0,5% The Central Election Commission (CEC) TBCBankGroup(TBCGLN) GBP9.10 Ͳ5,2% Ͳ9,4% GRAIL07/22 104.47(YTM4.95%) Ͳ0,2% Ͳ0,4% reported that 3,526.023 voters were registered GEBGG07/23 104.23(YTM4.34%) +0,3% Ͳ0,2% for the elections, of which 3,511.853 live in Geor- COMMODITIES Price w/w m/m CURRENCIES Price w/w m/m CrudeOil,Brent(US$/bbl) 38,97 Ͳ3,7% Ͳ0,8% GEL/USD 3,2575 +0,8% +1,7% gia, and 14,170 are abroad. GoldSpot(US$/OZ) 1895,48 Ͳ0,3% Ͳ0,2% GEL/EUR 3,7918 Ͳ0,6% +1,1% A total of 3,657 polling stations were open GEL/GBP 4,2060 Ͳ0,0% +1,5% INDICES Price w/w m/m GEL/CHF 3,5436 Ͳ0,4% +1,9% across Georgia and 52 abroad. FTSE100 5654,97 Ͳ2,4% Ͳ4,2% GEL/RUB 0,0404 Ͳ4,5% Ͳ1,2% FTSE250 17180,52 Ͳ3,8% Ͳ1,2% GEL/TRY 0,3866 Ͳ3,2% Ͳ6,1% The vote-counting procedure was launched DAX 11788,28 Ͳ3,2% Ͳ7,1% GEL/AZN 1,9160 +0,8% +1,7% after 20:00 following the completion of the poll- GD celebrating. Source: GD Facebook Page DOWJONES 26925,05 Ͳ2,7% Ͳ2,7% GEL/AMD 0,0066 Ͳ +1,5% NASDAQ 10957,61 Ͳ3,5% Ͳ1,1% GEL/UAH 0,1137 Ͳ0,4% +0,8% ing process, however, the Central Election Com- tribution of votes at that time, based on the data European Georgia - 3.99%, Alliance of Patriots MSCIEMEE 122,68 Ͳ6,7% Ͳ7,3% EUR/USD 0,8591 +1,5% +0,7% mission announced the preliminary results later collected from 1085 precincts, was the following: - 3.32, Lelo - 2, 66%; Strategy Builder - 2.46%; MSCIEM 1114,76 Ͳ1,4% +3,1% GBP/USD 0,7741 +0,8% +0,1% SP500 3310,24 Ͳ2,7% Ͳ1,1% CHF/USD 0,9190 +1,2% Ͳ0,2% than expected, in the early hours of the follow- Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia - 54.72%, Girchi - 1.91%; Labor Party - 0.92%. MSCIFM 2256,37 Ͳ1,9% +1,2% RUB/USD 80,5313 +5,3% +3,0% ing morning, reporting that the percentage dis- National Movement - Power is in Unity - 23.61, GTIndex(GEL) 1582,68 ͲͲTRY/USD 8,4264 +4,2% +8,4% Continued on page 2 GTIndex(USD) 1208,13 ͲͲAZN/USD 1,7000 +0,0% +0,0% GEORGIA TODAY 2 NEWS NOVEMBER 6 - 12, 2020 Corona Updates: Georgia Has 15,332 Active Cases the spread of the virus; therefore, the will be temporarily closed until the epi- GOVERNMENT MEMBERS, use of face masks by citizens both indoors demiological situation improves,” Tbilisi MINISTERS GO INTO and outdoors is now considered of par- Mayor Kakha Kaladze announced on SELF-ISOLATION AFTER ticular importance, as the correct use of Wednesday. The move does not apply EXPOSURE TO COVID-19 face masks by 90% [of the population] to private kindergartens or those in other On Monday, the Prime Minister Giorgi is said to reduce the risk of the spread parts of the country. Gakharia tested positive for coronavirus. of infection by 70%,” she added. “We launched studies in kindergartens, He is said to be feeling well and is con- Citizens seen by police not wearing and had to close about 40 [cases]. Due tinuing his treatment, and his job, from face masks in both closed and open to the current epidemiological situation, home. spaces from November 4 will be asked there has been a lot of discussion on this Gakharia began to self-isolate on 31 to pay a 20 GEL fi ne. issue, and from tomorrow, Tbilisi’s kin- October following contact with a mem- “The sanction and regulation on wear- dergartens will be completely closed ber of the security staff who was diag- ing face masks will be the same both for until the epidemiological situation nosed with coronavirus as a result of open and closed spaces,” the Vice Prime improves. We care about the health of targeted selective testing. Minister said. our children,” Kaladze said. The head of the Government Admin- istration, Natia Mezvrishvili, also tested STUDIES TO CONTINUE GEORGIA’S HEALTHCARE positive for coronavirus the same day, Adjara, 368 in Imereti, 61 in Kvemo Kar- as did the Minister of Economy and Sus- BY TEAM GT REMOTELY IN 10 CITIES SERVICE tli, 135 in Shida Kartli, 62 in Guria, 280 OF GEORGIA At Wednesday's session of the Intera- tainable Development, Natia Turnava, in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, 70 in Kakheti, The government has decided to keep gency Coordination Council, which was and the Minister of Health and Social 31 in Mtskheta-Mtianeti, 55 in Samtskhe- the system of distance learning ongoing held via video conferencing and chaired Care of Adjara, Nino Nizharadze. s of November 5, 2401 new Javakheti, 35 in Racha-Lechkhumi and in several Georgian cities. by Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia, “I have tested positive for COVID-19. cases of coronavirus had Kvemo Svaneti. The Deputy PM stated that studies will Council members discussed the growing I'm fi ne, undergoing treatment at home been detected in Georgia, Based on the offi cial data, 293 patients continue remotely in 10 big cities of pattern of the global number of people and I will continue working as much as bringing the total number infected with the coronavirus are cur- Georgia: Tbilisi, Rustavi, Kutaisi, Telavi, infected with coronavirus, as well as the possible,” Mezvrishvili wrote. It was a of infected people to 49,218. rently on artifi cial respiration and there Zugdidi, Zestaponi, Gori, Poti, Marneuli situation in clinics and the operation of sentiment echoed by all the above. AThe majority of the newly detected cases are 638 seriously ill patients, including and Gardabani from November 4-25, as the primary level of healthcare. It was Georgia's Minister of Education Mikheil were recorded in Tbilisi. 316 in Tbilisi and 100 in Adjara. the second round of the parliamentary noted that the Ministry of Healthcare is Chkhenkeli was another to move to self- At the same time, the country recorded At this stage, there are 15,332 active elections is scheduled to take place on constantly working to mobilize additional isolation this week, as a family member 2289 recoveries and 20 deaths in the cases in the country. November 21, and the school buildings beds in clinics, as necessary. The Min- had tested positive for coronavirus. previous 24 hours. will be used as polling stations during istry was instructed during the session “The Minister has no symptoms typical “We still maintain positive dynamics WEARING FACE MASKS IN the voting process. to enhance the medical component in of COVID-19 and is feeling well. He will in terms of the growth of recovering OPEN SPACES BECOMES “In many settlements, we have to con- COVID hotels where mild and asymp- continue his activities remotely,” the Min- people,” the government administration MANDATORY duct a second round of voting, and hun- tomatic COVID-19 patients are receiving istry of Education said in a statement. reported. “In particular, 2289 people Wearing a face mask has become man- dreds of schools have already been set treatment. Family doctors of insurance The state leaders and members of the recovered in the last 24 hours, and the datory outdoors as well as in, the Inter- up as polling stations. Given the impor- companies are also involved in the pro- Georgian Dream party were not alone in total number of recoveries since Febru- agency Council of the Government of tance of reducing mobility in big cities, cess of managing the treatment of patients their coronavirus affl ictions, however, as ary has thus increased to 33,459.” Georgia decided this week. we decided today to keep the distance with mild cases of infection who are Salome Samadashvili, a leader of the Unfortunately, 20 people died over “We have made a decision to make it learning regime in Tbilisi, Rustavi, Kutaisi, undergoing treatment at home. The opposition United National Movement those 24 hours. Including 10 people in mandatory not only to wear a face mask Telavi, Zugdidi, Zestaponi, Gori, Poti, Central Online Clinic, which systemati- party, also tested positive for coronavirus.