17:39, 14 November 2003

Election results outside Georgia declared invalid

Late at night yesterday the Mtatsminda-Krtsanissky District Court of Tbilisi declared invalid the results of the November 2 parliamentary elections at all the polling stations abroad. It was reported at the Central Election Commission of Georgia. It should be noted that it is a question of 80,000 votes.

The plaintiffs were the Labor Party, the Revival election bloc and the Fair Elections non-government organization. The latter conducted a parallel counting of votes at all polling stations both in Georgia and abroad.

Now the second round of the elections is to be held at all the polling stations mentioned.

Source: RosBusinessConsulting News Agency