He refused to say whether there would be a second round of elections. According to him, it would be untimely to speak about it.
Preliminary results of voting are available for Sukhumi, and regions of Sukhumi, Gagry, Gulripshi, Ochamchiri, Tkvarcheli, Gudauta. No data is available for the Gali region. According to Mr. Smyr, it is related to "poor execution" of the documents submitted by regional and election commissions.
He stated the following information:
in Sukhmi for Raul Khadzhimba - 8,328, for Sergei Bagapsh - 7,873; in the Sukhumi region for Khadzhimba - 2,055, for Bagapsh - 1,288; in the Gagry region for Khadzhimba - 5,490, for Bagapsh - 5,802; in the Gulripshi region for Khadzhimba - 3,707, for Bagapsh - 1,694; in the Ochamchiri region for Khadzhimba - 3,533, for Bagapsh - 8,030; in the Tkvarcheli region for Khadzhimba - 3,166, for Bagapsh - 3,713; in the Gudauta region for Khadzhimba - 3,821; for Bagapsh - 6,692.
Sergei Smyr said that the Central Elections Commission of Abkhazia intends to hold a special session to summarize the election results in the Gali region.
"There are serious claims to execution of the protocols of this region's election commissions", he said.
Mr. Smyr emphasized that all candidates for the president of Abkhazia would be invited to participate in the session. "There are some issues that we would like to discuss in the "family circle" and find an answer to them", he explained.
The head of the Central Elections Commission said that the session would feature restricted access for mass media.
