Mikheil Kavelashvili was elected as the new president of Georgia by popular vote, although the current president supports the protesters and has no intention of leaving. In Poland, PSL supported Szymon Holounia in the upcoming presidential elections. The Prosecutor's Office is investigating the declaration of assets of the representative of KO Kinga Gaevska. Here are five things to know on Sunday, December 15.
1. Election of the president of Georgia in the shadow of protests
In the presidential elections of Georgia, 224 out of 300 voters, including members of parliament and representatives of local authorities, supported Mikhail Kavelashvili and elected him to this position. He was the only candidate. He is supported by the ruling Georgian Dream party in this country. Representatives of the opposition did not participate in the vote.
This is the first time in history that presidential elections in Georgia are not held by direct voting. The swearing-in ceremony of the new head of state is expected on December 29.
Micheil Kawelaszwili Reuters
The elections were held in the shadow of protests that have been going on since November 28. Demonstrators oppose Georgia's Dream policy, which has suspended negotiations on the country's accession to the European Union until 2028. The protesters are supported by the late president of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, who announced that he will not leave his post and will not recognize the election of a new president.
Read more: There was only one candidate. The electoral college made a decision
2. PSL supports Hołownia
The Supreme Council of the PSL made a decision to support the candidacy of Shimon Holouniya in the next year's presidential election.
– These will be good months. We are convincing many Poles and Polish women that an independent president for the first time in 20 years is a good solution rather than one or another big camp, said the Marshal of the Sejm.
– We can proudly say that we have our candidate, who is not only a candidate of one environment, but also a candidate of several political groups, and above all, he will be a candidate for all citizens, we hope for that, – said the head of the PSL, the deputy prime minister and the minister of defense. national Vladyslav Kosiniak-Kamysh.
Read more: PSL decided to support Shimon Holounia
Holounia received support from PSL after his candidacy: we are going on an amazing journeyTVN24
3. An investigation is ongoing regarding the declaration of assets of Kinga Gaevska
According to the spokesman of the Warsaw district prosecutor's office, prosecutor Piotr Skiba, since October of this year, the investigation into violations of the law in the declaration of assets of the representative of the Civil Alliance, Kinga Gajewska, has been ongoing.
The demand in Gajewska's statement refers to the house in Błonie near Warsaw, which the deputy received as a donation from his parents in August 2023. “According to the regulations, he had 30 days to report this fact to the list of privileges kept by the Speaker of the Seimas. Meanwhile, he did it only after 392 days, already in the current parliamentary term,” – wrote Virtual Poland.
The prosecutor interrogated the deputy.
Read more: Investigation of the case of the representative of the Civil Alliance. Gaevska was interrogated
The Prosecutor's Office is investigating violations in the property declarations of MP Kinga GajevskaTVN24
4. Duda at the IOC, Tusk about “maneuvering the president”
The Polish Olympic Committee on Thursday recommended President Andrzej Duda to the membership of the International Olympic Committee. Officially, this will take place in 2026, after his term ends.
Donald Tusk commented on this on Saturday. The prime minister stated that “evil people apparently maneuvered the president into this Olympic scandal. As soon as he realizes that he has taken the place of an Olympic medalist who has been active in the IOC for many years, is reputable and competent, he will certainly make the right decision,” wrote the head of the government on platform X, referring to the current representative of Poland in the IOC.
Read more: Tusk on “Olympic war” involving the president
President Duda is a candidate for IOC membership. The Minister of the President comments on TVN24
5. Puzzle in Gdansk
The holy grail of history buffs, especially those of World War II, was found on Gdańsk's Sobieszewski Island. Enigma was developed in the 1920s, intended for commercial use, but was quickly used by the German military.
The first part – the drum – the famous encryption machine was discovered by Mrs. Marta, who is new to this type of research. Then, along with other members of the Latebra Foundation, more was dug out of the ground.
Read more: They found pieces of the Enigma code machine. “There's adrenaline, my hands are shaking”
Elements of the Enigma cipher machine on Sobieszewska IslandTVN24
Main image credit: EPA/DAVID MDZINARISHVILI
