Between June 1 - August 20, 2024, 16 political parties received 7,395,731 GEL in donations, more than 84% of which came from the ruling party's donations, according to the "Fair Elections" unofficial pre-election period monitoring report of the 2024 parliamentary elections which covers the period from June 1 to August 27.
In addition, the report mentions that during the observation period, representatives of "Fair Elections" revealed 5 facts of alleged bribery of voters, 3 of which are related to the ruling party, and 2 to the opposition political union.
"From June 1 to August 20, 2024, 16 political parties received 7,395,731 GEL in donations, more than 84% of which came from the ruling party's donations.
In addition, with the approach of the official pre-election campaign, the initiation of large-scale state projects by the ruling party has traditionally become more frequent. Despite the fact that the pre-election campaign starts 60 days before the elections, the planning and implementation of similar initiatives/programs contain signs of using administrative resources for electoral purposes and blurs the line between the ruling party and the state," the report states.
