Tbilisi. EC acquired responsibility to return the money back to losing candidates after the Constitutional Court of Georgia upheld the constitutional lawsuit of Human Rights Center and annulled the provision of the Election Code which obliged the candidate nominated by the initiative group to transfer 5 000 lari to the CEC account as a deposit. Four majoritarian candidates, who lost interim elections, received 5 000 lari back, which they had transferred to the CEC account before elections.

Source:humanrights.ge