The court believes unequivocally that the voter had no right to vote. This was announced by Tetritskaro District Court Judge Vladimer Khuchua during the announcement of his decision regarding the GYLA case.
According to him it should be possible, once and forever, to manage the electoral environment and administration so that any manipulation or illegal interference is excluded, and not dependent on anyone’s goodwill.
“The voter must be certain, without any risk assessments, or any other manipulations that his choice is free, hidden, and he has to express his will freely without any objection. Today, we only discussed the issue of secrecy. The court believes unequivocally that, according to the evidences presented in court, the voter had no vote protection or vote secrecy with this ballot, this voting machine, and this frame envelope.
I would like to draw the attention of all parties and especially of political subjects here on the fact that it was revealed during the court session that several monitoring organizations, as well as a few political subjects, do not serve the purpose in fulfilling the will of Georgians. The party, or the representative of the organization that is not present today at the court session, has shown that he did not provide certain evidence as required by the procedural laws. It was also revealed that the representatives of public sector did not show the court the respect it deserved. No third parties involved in district commissions were present at the court session today. The court has no right to accept this because, as the party stated, the district commission members have more important matters to discuss.
I would also like to mention that the court noted that many of those who observed the electoral process were not sincere, and that opposing political parties and subjects supported each other in the wrong conduct of election process when other materials give an entirely different interpretation.
In light of all this, I believe that the court has its own ideas and beliefs about the electoral process. I wish that we all, in this country, could conduct the election environment, and the administration of the elections, in a way to exclude any manipulation or illegal interference. . “Not dependent on someone’s goodness, but excluded”, said Judge Khuchua.
The judge also explained that the court had requested the evidence of its own accord and that the parties had not filed a motion in this regard.
“I would also like to clarify that there was no proper evidence presented to the court.” I thought it was necessary, so I requested the evidence. There was no motion or position from any of the parties.
The most obvious flaws are in the electoral process and, in general, the legislation which needs to be refined. We should do our best to eliminate this. This is especially true in the case of the written correspondence, where the Central Election Commission promises in writing to have different ballot papers for the election process. This case involves very important issues. It is our right of vote and it is the decision of our lives. The court believes there is a factual and legal basis for this case, as the mechanisms listed above do not allow anonymity to be excluded. No one should interfere with this, and no one has the right. We should all work together in this direction”, said Judge Vladimer Kuchua.
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