A large number of protesters gathered in front of the parliament building in the capital Tbilisi on Monday night. During the demonstration, Giorgi Vashadze, one of Georgia's opposition leaders, spoke and announced that the rebels would demand a new parliamentary election.
He added that they would be implemented under the authority of the “International Administration.”
The country's President Salome Zurabishvili also addressed demonstrators, saying voters “did not lose the election” but that their votes were “stolen”.
Georgia. People took to the streets. “They rigged and stole our election.”
A crowd of several thousand people chants “Sakartvelo!” (Translation. Georgia!). Many held flags of Georgia, Ukraine and the European Union. Banners read: “No to 'Russian Dream'” (a reference to the ruling Georgian Dream party) and “It's not Halloween yet and my government is already dressed up as the biggest clown.” There is. There are several posters depicting former president Mikheil Saakashvili, who is currently in prison. He is the founder of the United National Movement, one of the opposition groups that did not recognize the election results.
“The Russians are occupiers, that's why I'm here,” cried an elderly woman. He held up a banner depicting Putin on the covers of newspapers around the world, including the cover of the Polish version of Newsweek, which shows Putin in a straitjacket. .
“I'm here because this is my homeland. This is Georgia, not Russia,” says Giorgi, 23, carrying a Georgian flag on his back.
– They rigged and stole our elections. They want to turn Georgia into a small Russia. Mariam, 19, says the elite is corrupt and has ties to the criminal world. “We don't want Russia, so we will fight for freedom,” he declares.
The 30-year-old alliance believes the election was rigged. – We want democracy and we want to join the EU. He declared that we don't know what will happen in the next few weeks, but we will fight.
Irakli, 46, stands on the steps in front of the parliament building holding a Ukrainian flag. “I came here for an election that's not real,” he said. “There is no place for occupiers in Georgia,” he added, assuring Georgians that they are united in the fight against Ukraine.
Georgia. Post-election chaos
According to official information from the Central Election Commission, the Georgian Dream party won the recently concluded parliamentary elections. The party, which has ruled the country for almost 12 years, won 54.23 percent. vote. In second place was the opposition party Coalition for Change with 10.8%. He finished on the podium with a vote share of 10.1%. The “National Unity Movement” ended.
The opposition parties and the pro-Western president do not accept these results. Shortly after the announcement, Salome Zurabishvili said voters were victims of “Russian special operations” and were dealing with “a new form of hybrid warfare being tested on the Georgian people.”
She also called on her compatriots to organize protests to show the world that the election results were rigged.
International observers also doubt Georgia's election results, finding a number of abuses during the voting.
The United States and the European Union have already expressed interest in the issue, calling for investigations into reports of violations of the law during the vote.
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