The Georgian opposition erected tents and launched endless protest actions

In Georgia, the united opposition "Force in Unity" will begin demonstrating for an indefinite period on December 18th. One of the leaders of the alliance, Grigol Vashadze, said the following

He stated that the opposition, as before, would require the holding of early parliamentary elections and was convinced that the demonstration would be peaceful.

"We demand as soon as possible to hold legislative elections, to completely replace the election administration, to hold elections on proportional lists," said Vashadze. The opposition put tents

He added that the authorities should "abandon the criminal methods and politically restore the electoral process", and also called for the prosecution of people who, in his opinion, would be responsible for the falsification of the results of the recent presidential election. [19659005] They received 40% of the votes in Vashadze and gave way to the first place of Salome Zurabishvili, who got 59% of the votes.

Zurabishvili is the first female president of the history of Greece and, at the same time, the last president of the country, elected by direct suffrage. The inauguration ceremony took place on Sunday, December 16th.

Sunday Demonstration

The opposition "Alliance for Strength in Unity", which did not recognize the results of the presidential election, had planned to hold a meeting. organize an event near the place where the inauguration took place.

Local Authorities have suggested to the organizers to change their place of action and to settle in the city center, explaining these security measures through the visit of invited foreign guests at the inauguration. But opposition leaders refused the proposal, saying they would meet where they originally planned.

An opposition autoclon was made in the city of Telavi, where the inauguration took place, in the morning, but the main entrances of the city at that time were already blocked .

After an attempt to cross the shortest and main road, opposition supporters changed their course. but this way was blocked by police cars and buses about 30 km from Telavi.

As a result, most of the protest rally did not reach Telaviv. A few hundred meters from the palace of Irakli II, where the inauguration took place, a small group of protesters, mainly local residents, rallied. "

Here is the former presidential candidate of the unified opposition Grigol Vashadze." Passage to the palace of Irakli The second protesters closed the police cordon.

The same evening, the protest movement has already moved to the center of the Georgian capital, the parliament building .. Opposition supporters have set up tents here.

First woman president

Zurabishvili became the first woman president of the history of Georgia She replaced Georgi Margvelashvili, president since 2013.

After its entry into force, a new constitution came into force, completing the transition from Georgia to the form of parliamentary government. The president remains the head of state and the supreme commander, but his decision-making powers will be considerably limited.

Zurabishvili was elected for a six-year term. He won the second round of the last direct presidential election in Georgia on November 28

. The Central Electoral Commission, Zurabishvili, won 59% of the vote and its rival Grigol Vashadze – 40%. The opposition did not recognize the election results.

The opposition began demanding changes in the electoral environment and organizing early parliamentary elections. At a demonstration on December 2, Vashadze called on the authorities to create a task force to find a way out of the political crisis at the same time as the opposition.

The opposition did not follow the dialogue and actions of the ruling party, stressing that there was no reason to hold extraordinary legislative elections in the country.

Presidential elections of 2018 – last direct elections of the head of State in Georgia. In 2024, the Georgian president will be elected by an electoral committee of 300 members.

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