Nine Candidates Run for Tbilisi Mayor
By Times.am
1 May, 2010, 11:48 pm
Nine candidates have applied to Central Election Commission (CEC) for
registration to run for Tbilisi mayoral race; deadline expired at 6pm
local time on April 30.
Contenders include incumbent Tbilisi mayor, Gigi Ugulava, nominated by
the ruling party; Irakli Alasania, leader of Alliance for Georgia;
Giorgi Chanturia, nominated by Christian-Democratic Movement; Gogi
Topadze, co-founder and leader of Industry Will Save Georgia
(Industrialists); Zviad Dzidziguri, leader of Conservative Party,
nominated by a coalition, which also includes Party of People and
ex-PM Zurab Nogaideli’s Movement for Fair Georgia; Davit Iakobidze,
economy minister in mid-90s, nominated by MP Gia Tortladze’s
Democratic Party of Georgia; Nika Ivanishvili, head of traffic police
in late 90s, nominated by his newly established party; Tamaz Vashadze,
who briefly held Tbilisi mayor’s post 19 years ago and Giorgi Lagidze,
leader of little-known party Future Georgia.
Deadline for submitting list of candidates running for Tbilisi City
Council membership also expired on April 30.
Total of 11 parties and three election blocs submitted list of
candidates for capital city’s council membership.
Although initially applied to CEC for registration, ex-defense
minister Irakli Okruashvili’s party Movement for United Georgia and MP
Jondi Bagaturia’s party, Georgian Troupe, decided not to run in the
elections. Three other parties, which initial requested for
registration, withdrew from the race, as they did not submit list of
candidates for Tbilisi City Council membership.