The party of Georgia’s former Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia, Gakharia - for Georgia, has announced that the Prosecutor's Office is attempting to seize the verification devices used in the parliamentary elections from the Central Election Commission as part of a "fake investigation."
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"As expected, the Prosecutor's Office, alongside the CEC, has been involved in falsifying lists and other evidence. The court denied our urgent request to protect the data on the CEC servers and voting machines, and now the Prosecutor's Office is attempting to seize the verification machines under the guise of a fake investigation.
This action suggests that the most crucial evidence of election fraud could be destroyed, rendering any objective investigation meaningless and preventing the release of accurate lists, which would constitute a criminal offense.
As we have stated from the outset, the verification machines and the information they contain could be key evidence of fraud. For this reason, the Prosecutor's Office is attempting to take control as part of a fabricated investigation, effectively holding both the evidence and the entire truth-seeking process hostage," the former Prime Minister's party declared.
According to information from TV Pirveli company, a letter dated November 1 was found in which Revaz Bagashvili, head of the investigative department of the General Prosecutor's Office, addressed the Chairman of the CEC, Giorgi Kalandarishvili, instructing him to "ensure proper storage and protection of the information in the verification machines, including details on citizens registered to vote in the elections."
Since October 29, the Gakharia - for Georgia party has been demanding the release of this information. The party asserts that, due to high public interest, the Law on Personal Data Protection obliges the CEC to disclose the data. "Instead, the CEC has withheld this information for nearly 10 days, failing to clarify the storage period and, in cooperation with the Prosecutor's Office, facilitating the destruction of evidence," the party stated today.
The Prosecutor's Office has been investigating possible election fraud since October 30.
