25/10/2013 - 28/10/2013
Tbilisi - At the request of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the Venice Commission ensures legal assistance to the Election Observation Mission of the Assembly in the context of the presidential election of 27 October 2013.
A 36-member delegation of the PACE, headed by Ms Meritxell Mateu Pi (Andorra, ALDE), visits Georgia from 25 to 28 October to observe the conduct of the presidential election, alongside inter alia observers from the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the OSCE.
The delegation is due to meet the candidates in the election or their representatives, the Chairperson of the Central Election Commission, civil society and media representatives, before observing the ballot on 27 October.