of the first round were published.

She also did not appear at concerts organised across the country for her, and only large posters with her image were hung out on stage.

Instead, members of the ruling party spoke to journalists.

That’s not all. After the first round, election posters appeared on the streets, in which under Salome Zourabichvili’s name, photos of former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili appeared, as well as photos of parliamentary speaker Irakli Kobakhidze and Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze.

Voter bribery

Several hours before the start of the second round of presidential elections, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) released a report about the election period.

In the report, NGOs say that the unprecedented initiative of the authorities to cancel and pay off the debts of 600,000 Georgian citizens amounts to voter bribery. The reportalso notes that the second election campaign period took place in a rather negative atmosphere.

Observers sent by non-governmental organizations to the regional areas recorded several cases in which money was offered to the public in exchange for a vote in favor of pro-government candidate Salome Zourabichvili. In some regions, for example in Marneuli, foodstuffs such as potatoes and onions were distributed.

A few days before the election, NGOs received information that fake IDs were being printed, presumably for vote-rigging.

The report says that in the second round, the authorities made extensive use of government administrative resources in announcing initiatives aimed at ingratiating themselves with the people, such as higher salaries and social assistance, giving IDPs housing and various infrastructure projects.

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Elections were scheduled for Wednesday – a