29. What are the eligibility criteria for political parties to receive public funding?

Article 30, Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens, 1997.

According to the Georgian legislation, the funds allocated for a direct transfer to a political party shall be received by a party, which is registered with the Georgian Central Election Commission and which a) has participated in elections independently or as part of an electoral bloc, provided that the political party or the relevant electoral bloc has obtained 3%, or more than 3%, of the votes in the recent parliamentary or local self-government elections; and b) has participated in recent parliamentary elections independently or as a part of an electoral bloc, and a majoritarian member of parliament, presented by the political party or a relevant electoral bloc, has been elected and this political party is represented by a faction in the Parliament of Georgia.