Media Monitoring Results Journalists let the candidates take their time and talk about themselves. Thus, media remains reactive and asks superficial questions.

Media Monitoring Results Dialogue How do you assess the chances of your party list at these elections? Let’s assume you don’t become the Mayor, would you still keep your ideas? Do you think that your constituency will approve of the visits of your leaders to Russia? Please, would you once again elaborate on the promises you make to the voters? Choice What are the advantages and disadvantages of being both Mayor and a candidate for Mayor at a time? During the last five years what has changed or regular residents of Tbilisi? Do you have projects that you are proud of?

Media Monitoring Results Journalists mainly limit themselves by making statements on current events

Media Monitoring Results Moambe Levan cholokashvili – medical doctor by background, Chairmen of the Nobility Council is so far the only majority candidate in Gurjaani. Levan Choloyashvili: We are in combat readiness, as so far I’m the only one, there was an official introduction from our party. As far as I know, according to the behind-the-scene, other parties are also planning to introduce their candidates. Moambe On May 30, along with the local elections, midterm parliamentary elections will be held. Voters of three constituencies – Ozurgeti, Gurjaani and Chugureti District of Tbilisi – will elect three members of the legislative authority.

Media Monitoring Results They shift the responsibility for the topic of the questions Elections 2010 You are participating to the elections and at the same time you are still the Mayor. For that your opponents criticize you, thinking that you abuse your rights and authorities and use the administrative recourses. What can you say about that? Your competitors say, that the elections will be rigged. Do you think they have the grounds do claim that?

Media Monitoring Results Replacement of dialogue by a set of comments Problem approach

Media Monitoring Results Elections You’ve talked about employment problems and social security, but apart from that, health are remains the most serious problem for people. In spite of the measures implemented in this field, if we conduct a survey, majority of Tbilisi residents would name this problem. How are you going to solve this problem, if you’re elected? You’ve talked about the five-year period of being a Mayor. Now it is interesting to know, which problem would you name as the most important as a regular resident of Tbilisi and how come that you did not manage to solve this problem?

Media Monitoring Results No cause-and-effect relation is explained Unspecific questions Elections Many think, that being a Mayor is a springboard for from Mayor to President, what about you? For the Alliance you are a presidential candidate. Do you want the position of the Mayor to your pre-presidential step and wasn’t it too early to make such a statement?

Media Monitoring Results Instead of presenting the arguments, the comments of the journalists are expressed by facts The comments of journalists may practically be limited to what the Speaker said.

Media Monitoring Results Moambe Although the arguments of Free Democrats and the New Right Wing members are different, Alasania’s party wants to concentrate the recourses only for local elections. And the New Right wing Party refuse for the reason that the Parliament elected in 2008 is illegitimate for them. David Gamkrelidze: Me and five more members of the New Right Wing refused the mandates, accordingly our opinion on legitimacy of this Parliament has not changed. Therefore, we participate only in local elections in Tbilisi and entire Georgia.

Media Monitoring Results Moambe The Christian-Democrats have already agreed on Chughureti district majority candidate, however, they plan to announce the name only in a week’s time. The Leader of the party only confirmed that their candidate will neither a politician nor a journalist. Giorgi Targamadze: The negotiations are factually in the final phase and within a week we will already name our candidate in all the three majority districts.

Media Monitoring Results An attempt to link context and story may lead to proceeding to persons and unconfirmed facts instead of explaining the cause-and-effct relation.

Media Monitoring Results Keti Kashakashvili’s reportage: First there was a formula: “Everyone minus Noghaideli”, then – harsh criticism because of the meeting with Putin. Later the Alliance softened the its position and stopped talking about plus or minus. After this, the Alliance made a totally different statement, that there is no way of winning with Noghaideli. One more epithet was added to those used by the Alliance when talking about Noghaideli: “A cheap politician, exchanged for two bottles of Champaign.” David Berdzenishvili: „Noghaideli was worse of a penny, which 20 years ago meant two bottles of Champaign. Noghaideli was passed over to Zhvania for two bottles of Champaign. There was an agreement between me and Zhvania. He did not have the Green Party in Batumi and Noghaideli was with us then. He was worse of a penny then and he is still.“

Media Monitoring Results Unclear structure of the subject A journalist may allow him/herself to make an assessment Moambe The National Movement is not any more planning to yield to the Opposition and they will have candidates in all the three majority districts.