Leaders of the opposition United National Movement (ZRN) and the Coalition for Change said late Saturday night that they would not recognize the results of Georgia's parliamentary elections announced by the Central Election Commission.
Georgia elections. Opposition parties do not recognize election results
Tina Bokutyava, leader of the former government party ZRN, founded by former president Mikheil Saakashvili, announced that the group does not recognize the election results, the Echo Kavkaza portal (Radio Free Europe affiliate) reported.
Georgia's Central Election Commission “fulfilled dirty orders” from ruling Georgian Dream leader Bidzina Ivanishvili, party leaders said, and Georgia won the election, according to official partial results.
Bokučava declared that the party was “moving into emergency mode”.
The leader of the Coalition for Change, Nika Gvaramia, also announced that the coalition does not recognize the results and accused the ruling Georgian Dream party of a “coup.”
– The method of election fraud has been uncovered, and the public will learn more about it on Sunday. The election was stolen. Gwalamia said this was a constitutional coup and Georgia Dream was the mastermind of the constitutional coup and would be held accountable in the manner provided by Georgian law.
Another opposition coalition, Strong Georgia, expressed “outrage at what the CEC dared to announce.” – The announced results do not represent the will of the Georgian people, said Ana Doridze, one of the bloc's leaders.
According to official data, the opposition party “For Georgia” also exceeded the electoral threshold of 5%. The group stressed that voting day violations affected the official results and announced it would share evidence on the issue with domestic and international partners. The party also announced that it would await the official final election results.
Georgia elections. independent observer thunders
A coalition of non-governmental organizations monitoring Saturday's Georgia election is calling for the official results to be cancelled. Activists have accused the government of using “complicated procedures of election fraud,” the OC Media website wrote. The election monitoring coalition Moje Głos sent around 2,000 letters to polling stations across the country. Social observer.
“Due to the pre-election atmosphere and election day fraud, the unprecedented impact on voter will and the incidents of violence, we believe that the provisional results published by the Central Election Commission are not reflective.” Georgians 's will,'' he said at a press conference.
“We demand that the election results be invalidated,” he added.
Georgia. Some results of parliamentary elections have been released
Exit polls published by independent television showed that the government won the best result, but it is the opposition coalition that can count on a majority. However, pro-government media are reporting a landslide victory for the ruling party team.
The Central Election Commission received partial results, with almost 72 percent support, the commission says Georgian Dream can count on 53 percent. vote. Politicians from the party claim they will win around 90 of the 150 seats in the next parliament.
According to CKE, the liberal Coalition for Change currently has 11.2 percent, the conservative United Bloc has 9.83 percent, the social democratic party Strong Georgia has 9.02 percent, and the For Georgia party, founded by the Georgian Dreams splinter, has a It received 8.23% of the votes. Nation. The remaining camps did not exceed the electoral threshold of 5%.
Earlier, both the ruling party and pro-European opposition forces announced election victories after the exit poll results were announced.
Exit polls published by pro-government media showed Georgian Dream leading in the parliamentary elections. Meanwhile, two exit polls conducted for opposition media showed that the ruling party lost its parliamentary majority and the opposition won.
Georgia. Consistent results with parliamentary elections
Different poll results meant that all sides in the race declared victory. – It is rare in the world for the same political party to achieve such success under such difficult circumstances. “Georgian Dream” leader Bidzina Ivanishvili said this was a good indicator of the intuition of Georgians, citing the results of pro-government broadcaster Imedi.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili also commented on the election results. “Georgia has demonstrated a democratic approach, Europeanness and maturity. I am proud and full of faith in the future of Europe!” – she wrote in one of her entries said.
Reuters reports that the four main opposition blocs that are expected to hold seats in the 150-member parliament are deeply divided, and it is unclear whether they will be able to reach an agreement to remove Georgian Dream from power after 12 years of rule. He emphasizes that.
Research shows it's between 70 and 80 percent. Georgians are in favor of integration with the European Union, but Georgian Dream, which has been in power for more than a decade and supports the Kremlin, will be replaced by a pro-Western opposition party that signed the pledge to form the European Union. It claims to support integration with the European Union. If a common government is formed, Tbilisi will become involved in the Ukraine-Russia war.
“President and Prime Minister”: Rezek Miller on the left wing/Porsat News/Porsat News
