Setting up of a PEC

1. A PEC shall consist of 12 members appointed/elected within the period and under the procedure established by this Law by the subjects defined by the same Law.

2. A respective DEC shall elect 6 PEC members by a majority vote of the total number of DEC members.

3. The CEC shall elect 6 members of a PEC set up abroad by a majority vote of the total number of CEC members.

4. Six members of a PEC shall be appointed by the respective political unions under the procedure established by Article 13 of this Law.

41. A legally competent citizen of Georgia from the age of 18, who meets the requirements defined by this Law, may be elected/ appointed as a member of a PEC.

5. The following subjects shall not be elected/ appointed as PEC members:

a) a person who has been dismissed from a position in the Electoral Administration of Georgia by the election commission or the court for violating the electoral legislation of Georgia – for four years after the day of his/her dismissal;

b) a person who has been recognised as an administrative offender by court for violation of the electoral legislation of Georgia,– for eight years after the entry into legal force of the court decision;

c) a person with previous conviction (except when a fine has been imposed as a sanction);

d) an MP of Georgia or the head of staff of the Parliament of Georgia;

e) ministers and deputy ministers of Georgia and the Autonomous Republics;

f) heads of departments and divisions of the ministries;

g) the chairperson of a municipality representative body Sakrebulo, Mayor, and their deputies;

h) a military service member, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, the Ministry of Defence of Georgia, the State Security Service of Georgia, the Georgian Intelligence Service, the state sub-agency institution within the system of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia – the Special Penitentiary Service, the Special State Protection Service of Georgia, the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, and an investigator of the State Inspector’s Service; 

i) judges and their assistants;

j) employees of the Prosecutor’s Office;

k) electoral subjects/candidates and their representatives;

l) election observers.

6. A public servant (except for persons provided for in paragraph 5(d-j) of this article) may be appointed/elected as a PEC member. The requirements for incompatibility of offices established by the Law of Georgia on Public Service shall not apply to him/her. In case a public servant is appointed/elected as a PEC member, the term of office of the public servant during his/her exercise of powers of a PEC member may be suspended at his/her permanent place of work, for which purpose he/she shall be granted an unpaid leave or his/her due paid leave at his/her own request, under the procedure established by law.

Organic Law of Georgia No 1788 of 13 December 2013 – website, 28.12.2013
Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 – website, 14.3.2014
Organic Law of Georgia No 3973 of 8 July 2015 – website, 15.7.2015
Organic Law of Georgia No 5438 of 22 June 2016 – website, 12.7.2016
Organic Law of Georgia No 1232 of 26 July 2017 – website, 29.7.2017
Organic Law of Georgia No 1274 of 26 July 2017 – website, 29.7.2017
Organic Law of Georgia No 3127 of 5 July 2018 – website, 11.7.2018
Organic Law of Georgia No 3269 of 21 July 2018 – website, 27.7.2018
Organic Law of Georgia No 3301 of 21 July 2018 – website, 9.8.2018