The Parliament overrode the President’s veto on the formation of the election administration.

At the plenary session, the draft law proposed by Salome Zourabichvili was initially voted on, which “failed” with 21 votes against 61. After that, the original - vetoed version of the draft law was put to the vote, which was supported by a majority of 61 votes (13 against).

The draft law will be sent to the President for signature once again. If she does not sign it again within the set period, the draft law will be signed and published by the Chairman of the Parliament.

The Parliament supported the draft law with the majority of votes, by which the position of the deputy chairman of the Central Election Commission [CEC], who is appointed from the opposition, is canceled. In addition, the amendments provide for a change in the procedure for electing CEC professional members and chairman.

The procedure for their election is 3-stage - namely, in the first stage, the election of the CEC member and chairman will be possible with the support of three fifths (90 votes) of the Parliament. If the candidates do not get a sufficient number of votes, the Parliament will take a decision with a simple majority (76 votes) in the second ballot. In case of another failure, voting will be held according to the same principle. If the Parliament is not able to elect professional members and the chairman of the CEC even in this case, the authority to appoint candidates will be transferred to the President.