On September 30, 2012, Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association held a pres-conference about GYLA’s monitoring mission for October 1, 2012 parliamentary elections.

GYLA will monitor the parliamentary elections day in Tbilisi and 35 districts throughout 9 regions of Georgia.

Static observers have been placed in 195 election precincts throughout Georgia. Mobile groups will be moving throughout 35 districts. GYLA will monitor precincts set up in exceptional cases, precincts in districts mostly settled by minorities and precincts that proved to be problematic during previous regions.

The regions are as follows:

1. Adjara

2. Imereti

3. Guria

4. Samegrelo

5. Shida Kartli

6. Samtskhe-Javakheti

7. Kvemo Kartli

8. Kakheti

9. Mtskheta-Mtianeti

The districts are as follows

Ten districts in Tbilisi ;

1. Kobuleti

2. Khelvachauri

3. Khulo

4. Kutaisi

5. Tskaltubo

6. Sachkhere

7. Ozurgeti

8. Lanchkhuti

9. Chokhatauri

10. Zugdidi

11. Poti

12. Gori

13. Kareli

14. Kaspi

15. Khashuri

16. Akhaltsikhe

17. Rustavi

18. Marneuli

19. Bolnisi

20. Gardabani

21. Telavi

22. Sagarejo

23. Lagodekhi

24. Dusheti

GYLA will also monitor precinct election commissions set up abroad. We have 7 observers and will conduct monitoring in the following 5 countries:

• The United States

• France

• Great Britain

• Germany

• Hungary

We will operate a special hotline on the Elections Day, through which citizens and journalists will be able to obtain legal consultation on procedures related to polling.

The hotline number is 218-26-11

GYLA will hold several briefings about the monitoring progress throughout the day in the media center of NGOs (address: 34/36 Kobuleti Str.)

Briefings will be held at 10:30am, 5:00pm and 09:00pm.