Since 2008, "Multinational Georgia" Public Movement (PMMG) has been delivering “Voting for Action” voters’ education program. The main aim of this program is to raise awareness of the ethnic minority communities on importance of voting and inform them about programs of the political parties and candidates.
Program includes publication of the programs of political parties and candidates in minority languages in user-friendly form and carrying out of the meetings of ethnic minority representatives with candidates and political activists. All mentioned above also assists in development of approaches of the different political subjects towards ethnic minority communities and mainstreaming of diversity within political parties.
In 2008 PMMG published two volumes with the programs of the presidential candidates during the Extraordinary Presidential Elections and with Programs of Political parties during the Parliamentary Elections. Meetings with different candidates have been carried out. In view of Local Government Elections in May 2010, PMMG is organizing ethnic minority communities’ meetings with the candidates for Tbilisi Mayor position.
Meetings will be carried out in two series: first series for the representatives of the Ossetian, Armenian and Greek Community is in process. Second series for the representatives of the Azeri, Yezidi Kurdish and other ethnic minority communities is being launched now.
MMG has already addressed 3 candidates who are running for the Mayors office to arrange their meetings with the representatives of ethnic minority communities of Tbilisi. Mr. Irakli Alasania has already launched the series of meetings with community representatives; negotiations for drafting the schedule for the meetings are under way with Mr. Gia Chanturia, nominee of the Christian Democrats for the Mayors office; as for the candidate for the ruling party, National Movement, PMMG is still in the process of waiting for their approval.
