{"id":658,"date":"2021-10-30T18:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T14:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elections.1tv.ge\/en\/?p=658"},"modified":"2021-10-30T20:31:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T16:31:57","slug":"us-ambassadors-remarks-to-media-at-krtsanisi-precinct-32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elections.1tv.ge\/en\/us-ambassadors-remarks-to-media-at-krtsanisi-precinct-32\/","title":{"rendered":"US Ambassador\u2019s remarks to media at Krtsanisi precinct 32"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">US Ambassador Kelly Degnan has made&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ge.usembassy.gov\/ambassadors-remarks-to-media-at-krtsanisi-precinct-32\/\">remarks<\/a>&nbsp;to the media at Krtsanisi Precinct 32.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She noted that 26 Embassy teams, almost 70 people, have been deployed all over Georgia, and \u201cthey are seeing very different things in some parts of the country. They have reported attacks on the media, on your colleagues, on election observers who have been blocked from being able to go into the precincts which is their job.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThere\u2019s obviously been some physical fights of parties against each other.\u00a0 I just urge, please, a calm atmosphere for the remainder of this day so that voters can come out safely and cast their votes.\u00a0 Obviously, we already are battling with COVID, that\u2019s enough of a challenge, but then to be worried about the safety and security of the voters and people working at the precincts, that\u2019s just not right.\u00a0 We want there to be a high turnout, so that the leaders of Georgia can hear from the public, hear what\u2019s important to the public.\u00a0 That\u2019s how democracy works best.\u00a0 So, I do hope that people will come out.\u00a0 Wear your mask but do come out and vote,\u201d Degnan asserted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked about ongoing runoffs, US Ambassador said, to be \u201cvery privileged to have been able to observe elections in Rustavi and now here in Krtsanisi.\u201d She believes \u201cthis is a very important process and a big day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a process that is so fundamental to building a democracy and a healthy democracy.&nbsp; I really want to thank all of the workers who are working at the precinct and the district level, all the people, the police who are trying to support a calm environment, a well-organized environment.&nbsp; I\u2019m happy to say that the places I\u2019ve gone, the environment has been calm.&nbsp; The precincts have been well organized and well administered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>These elections are also an opportunity to see whether the election reforms that were adopted last summer are working, and I think Krtsanisi is a good example of that, where you have electronic voting and it seemed to work pretty well last time.\u00a0 So there have been some improvements, some important improvements.\u00a0 The recounts have been extremely important to building confidence in the outcome of the elections, which is the ultimate goal, so that voters will have confidence in the results of these elections and the country can move forward,\u201d she underscored.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kelly Degnan noted that \u201ceach election is the opportunity for a little step forward, and I hope that is what we\u2019re going to see at the end of today and tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe election reforms were negotiated by Georgia\u2019s political leaders.\u00a0 It was a very successful example of leaders from very different parties, sometimes quite adversarial parties, coming together and making the law better for Georgia\u2019s electoral process.\u00a0 And I would say that the new parties, the smaller parties, played an extremely important role in improving the electoral process here. Many of the improvements that are working well this time are the result of input from leaders of some of the smaller parties, and I think that shows what an important role this variety of parties can play in strengthening Georgia\u2019s electoral process,\u201d she stated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">US Ambassador echoed Covid-related deaths in Georgia, reaching ten thousand which is \u201ctragic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThis is just tragic, tragic news for every Georgian who\u2019s lost a loved one to this very dangerous disease and I think for the country as a whole it\u2019s a big setback.\u00a0 And I do hope that after these elections Georgia will be able to focus more on controlling this pandemic and bring those just heartbreaking numbers \u2013 ten thousand Georgians lost to COVID is just a tragedy,\u201d she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Ambassador Kelly Degnan has made&nbsp;remarks&nbsp;to the media at Krtsanisi Precinct 32. She noted that 26 Embassy teams, almost 70 people, have been deployed all over Georgia, and \u201cthey are seeing very different things in some parts of the country. They have reported attacks on the media, on your colleagues, on election observers who have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/elections.1tv.ge\/en\/us-ambassadors-remarks-to-media-at-krtsanisi-precinct-32\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[22,93],"class_list":["post-658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","tag-elections-2021","tag-us-ambassador"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>US Ambassador\u2019s remarks to media at Krtsanisi precinct 32 - Elections in English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/elections.1tv.ge\/en\/us-ambassadors-remarks-to-media-at-krtsanisi-precinct-32\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US Ambassador\u2019s remarks to media at Krtsanisi precinct 32 - Elections in English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"US Ambassador Kelly Degnan has made&nbsp;remarks&nbsp;to the media at Krtsanisi Precinct 32. 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