Public Defender outrage
April 17th, 2008 by jibs
Georgia’s public defender Sozar Subari attacked the Central Election Commission for turning a blind eye to the violations during the presidential elections in 
January 2008. He demanded resignation of the head of the election administration Levan Tarkhnishvili (a demand opposition has been voicing for months).
The study of the video material from 8 polling stations revealed that results were inflated by some 5,474 votes, claims the public defender. These violations remain uninvestigated. Moreover, the Central Elections Commission has been consistently obstructing efforts to see the footage from the polling stations:
What is the purpose of installing CCTV cameras if no one is able to watch the footage? When those people [in the CEC] do not want us to see what the CCTV cameras have recorded, they can not command confidence… It is undisputed that violations happened, because it can be seen clearly that the same person cast two ballots.
Public Defender Sozar Subari has been vocal of the authorities lately, especially after the parliament refused to hear his bi-annual report on human rights in the country this March citing the “length of the document and lack of time”.
After the elections this January, Subari was among the first to congratulate Saakashvili with the re-election. Saakashvili too, seized the opportunity and held talks with the public defender. Some thought it was a U-turn towards the human rights protection, but apparently, Subari has still a lot to say.
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