The CEC responded to the research conducted by “Fair Elections”, regarding “fake or suspect pages of social networks that are involved in the useful campaign for the election administration”, and declared that the election administration does not have anything to do with these so-called fake and suspect pages.
In the statement released by the CEC it was stated that the publication of the report at a time when the administration was reviewing election disputes made the true purpose of the organization doubtful and “clearly indicated its interest in damaging reputation of the administration in any way and by any means”.
“Yesterday the so-called study of the organization “Fair Elections”, which is based on fake or suspicious social network pages, that are involved in the campaign for the election administration’s benefit, was circulated in social networks and the media. This so-called “study” is about seven fake and fifteen dubious pages. Its publication at a moment when the most important process for reviewing election disputes in the election administration was taking place, makes its real purpose questionable. Reputation of the election administration. This report was also used in this case to make it appear that the election administration was responsible for all of this.
The Election Administration of Georgia declares unequivocally that it has never had any connection with so-called fake or suspicious pages and will not be considering such dishonest methods in its future activities.
It would be in the interest of justice for the organization to include in the same report all the facts about the organized attacks by fake and dubious web pages against the electoral administration, particularly since 2020. This started with the announcements of the results of their miscalculated parallel counting.
The organization “Fair Elections”, instead of publishing the incorrect results in 2020 of the parallel count, published the results in 2024 of the parallel count, thus unambiguously confirming the correctness the results of October 26th elections. It gives the impression that they are still sowing false perceptions and therefore their own actions, or They try to justify inaction.
It is also clear why, for the first in recent years, the organization mentioned did not sign the Code of Conduct (Ethics), signed between the CEC, and local monitoring organisations. He was one of those who participated in the development of this code and initiated it.
In order to ensure the integrity and fairness of the elections, it is important that the election administration conducts impartial and objective observations in accordance with international best practices. In this regard, we urge fair elections to adhere to high ethical standards and return to the standard for conscientious observations.
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