Democracy

A proposal for the future electoral system of Abkhazia

This research proposes a potential electoral system for the Abkhazia Autonomous Republic as a path toward sustainable conflict transformation.

The proposal includes approaches like combining elections with sortition to accommodate the multiethnic nature of Abkhazia, addressing challenges such as polarization and ethnicity-driven voting patterns. The proposed model is positioned as a crucial step towards the future possibility of peaceful, democratic and inclusive unification of Georgia.