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'''Presidential elections''' will be held in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] on 31 October 2013.<ref>[http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/793192.shtml#.UdUvTR3O2gM Georgia to hold presidential election in late October] Xinhua, 2 July 2013</ref> They will be the [[Elections in Georgia (country)|sixth presidential elections]] in Georgia since the country's declaration of independence from the [[Soviet Union]] in 1991. The [[Georgian presidential election, 2008|last elections in January 2008]] resulted in the re-election of [[Mikheil Saakashvili]] for his second and final [[President of Georgia|presidential]] term.<ref name="CEC">[http://www.cec.gov.ge/files/TEA/archevnebisistoria/eng.pdf History of elections, 1990-2010]. Central Electoral Commission of Georgia. Retrieved on November 27, 2011.</ref> According to the constitution, Saakashvili is unable to run for a third consecutive term. |
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Upon the inauguration of a new president in 2013, a series of [[Constitution of Georgia (country)|constitutional]] amendments passed in the [[Parliament of Georgia]] from 2010 to 2013 will enter into force. The amendments envisage significant reduction of the president's powers in favour of the [[Prime Minister of Georgia|Prime Minister]].<ref name="civil-22757"/> |
Upon the inauguration of a new president in 2013, a series of [[Constitution of Georgia (country)|constitutional]] amendments passed in the [[Parliament of Georgia]] from 2010 to 2013 will enter into force. The amendments envisage significant reduction of the president's powers in favour of the [[Prime Minister of Georgia|Prime Minister]].<ref name="civil-22757"/> |
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Presidential elections will be held in Georgia on 31 October 2013.[2] They will be the sixth presidential elections in Georgia since the country's declaration of independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. The last elections in January 2008 resulted in the re-election of Mikheil Saakashvili for his second and final presidential term.[3] According to the constitution, Saakashvili is unable to run for a third consecutive term.
Upon the inauguration of a new president in 2013, a series of constitutional amendments passed in the Parliament of Georgia from 2010 to 2013 will enter into force. The amendments envisage significant reduction of the president's powers in favour of the Prime Minister.[4]
Background
The last presidential election in Georgia was held on January 5, 2008, in a polarised political environment following the November 2007 crisis, in response to which President Mikheil Saakashvili, then serving his first term in office, brought forward the election from the original date in autumn 2008. Saakashvili won the election with 53.47% of the votes in the poll described in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) election observation mission report as "the first genuinely competitive post-independence presidential election", which "was in essence consistent with most OSCE and Council of Europe commitments and standards for democratic elections". At the same time, the mission "revealed significant challenges which need to be addressed urgently."[5]
In the October 2012 parliamentary election, the former ruling party United National Movement lost power to the Georgian Dream coalition led by Bidzina Ivanishvili, who became the new Prime Minister.
The candidates for the UNM presidential primaries, announced in June 2013, will be former parliamentary speaker David Bakradze, veteran lawmaker and former cabinet minister Giorgi Baramidze, Shota Malashkhia, and Zurab Japaridze.[6]
References
- ^ http://civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=26172
- ^ Georgia to hold presidential election in late October Xinhua, 2 July 2013
- ^ History of elections, 1990-2010. Central Electoral Commission of Georgia. Retrieved on November 27, 2011.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
civil-22757was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Georgia. Extraordinary Presidential Election, 5 January 2008. OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission Final Report (4 March 2008). Retrieved on November 27, 2011.
- ^ http://civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=26224
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