The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia has announced the opening of a polling station for Georgian living in Israel. There will be no polling station opened in Ukraine due to war.
The Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs made this clear once again: Despite the growing threat of war in the Middle East, the polling station will be established in Israel.However, due to the fierce battle no such facility will be opened in Ukraine.
In official of the Ministry stated explicitly that “Despite the escalation of war in the Middle East following the missile attack launched on Isreal, we will open the polling station here.”
According to foreign ministry sources an important meeting was recently held with Israeli authorities. The Israeli side assured this  that it would provide the technical and logistical support for the elections process for Georgian citizens.
The foreign ministery of Georgia further added that although we have taken this decision after due deliberation, if ground conditions change due to conflict on the day of the war, we are open to reconsidering it.
As per the CEC (Central Election Commission) of Georgia, the Parliamentary election will be held in 42 countries outside Georgia. Georgian authorities will establish 60 polling stations in these countries to facilitate the smooth process.
The decision to create polling stations abroad for Georgian citizens living abroad was made after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided data on the number of registered voters abroad.
At the same time opposition parties, officials of Non-Governmental Organizations and civil society organisations also pressurise the election commission to make this move to ensure the participation of more than one million Georgian expatriates.
On the other hand many appeals were filed to increase the number of polling stations abroad to accommodate the maximum number of voters. However, the Tbilisi court rejected all these appeals as inadmissible with its order dated September 30.
The October election will decide the future of the ruling party Georgian Dream, which is facing public wrath following its adoption of the foreign agent’s law.
