On October 5, the International Republican Institute (IRI) deployed an international election observation mission to monitor Georgia’s parliamentary elections on October 8. The delegation of short-term observers joined six teams of long-term observers who had been in place around the country since August 1. IRI released a preliminary statement on October 9 which concluded that the elections were “mostly calm and peaceful” and “appeared to reflect the will of the Georgian people.”

The following is a selection of local media coverage of IRI’s observation mission:

Television

Voice of America

Interview with IRI President Ambassador Mark Green, October 16

GPB-Moambe

Interview with Regional Director for Eurasia Stephen Nix, October 8

Imedi-Kronika

Interview with Mark Green, October 8

Rustavi 2-Kurieri

Live coverage of IRI press conference, October 9  

Online publications

Interpressnews.ge, October 4

Newpost.ge, October 6

Kvira.ge, October 9

Ghn.ge, October 9

Ipress.ge, October 9

Georgia Today, October 11