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Women beat opposition leader in the polling station

21 May 2008 14:37 (UTC +04:00)

Davitashvili offended one of the female members of the election commission in Rukhi village and then other female members of the commission attacked and beat him, the partyâ€™s election headquarter said.
A woman from oppositional Laborite Party Ketevan Talakhadze has taken voting list away in Lagodekhi region, said Spokesman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Zurab Kachkachashvili. â€œThere were names of 42 voters in the list. They should wait for police to detain Talakhadzeh and to bring back the listâ€. CEC member from Laborite Party Georgiy Mtvarelidze called spokesmanâ€™s words groundless. â€œVoting was falsified in that station and the voting list was lost in turmoil and then was found in the stationâ€™s territory. Our representative didnâ€™t escape and didnâ€™t hide anythingâ€.
Leader of Republican Party David Usupashvili also confirmed the violations during the voting process. He said police and intelligence services interfered in the voting process especially in the regions. Journalist Eliso Chapidze said that he and his cameraman were attacked in Signakhi and camera of one of the observers was broken in Khashuri.