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Parliamentary and presidential elections in Georgia to be held in October, 2008

Parliamentary and presidential elections in Georgia to be held in October, 2008
# 27 December 2006 15:57 (UTC +04:00)
Georgian parliament approved constitutional amendments scheduling simultaneous presidential and parliamentary elections in October 2008, APA reports. The date will be defined by President. The simultaneous presidential and parliamentary elections were initiated by President Mikhail Saakashvili. Though his tenure ends in 2009, the president proposed to hold the both presidential and parliamentary elections in 2008 aiming at economizing budget allocations. 167 parliamentarians voted for, 10 against the amendments. The opposition was against of the amendments. They consider that President Mikhail Saakashvili’s participation in the election will increase the chance of the leading party in the parliamentary elections. /APA/
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