The Georgian opposition stood behind MPs and accused the government of electoral fraud
Central Election Commission The country’s officials confirmed between Saturday night and Sunday morning: Georgian Dream, government partyWon the election and would remain the main party in the chamber for four years. Unlike other occasions, the margin between the ruling party and the opposition in these elections was not so uneven. 99.261% testedAccording to CEC, there will be 54.234% votes. However, the opposition, Condemns election day fraud And does not drop its weapons to dispute power in this South Caucasus country.
He government party Take a sigh of relief after a night that wasn’t as complicated as their guests expected. OpponentsOpposition parties had warned even before the voting: If SG does not have a majority, They will form a technocratic government For throw them out of powerAnd only 5% votes saved him from that situation. The opposition condemns that there was fraud during the elections and has no intention of conceding defeat. is the case of Tina Bokuchavamembers of united national movementThe party of former Prime Minister Mikheil Saakashvili, which claimed this Sunday that the Central Election Commission “carried out Ivanishvili’s dirty orders” and that it “stole the European future” of the Georgian people. Independent media such as OC Media condemned many irregularities Throughout election day. NGOs and opposition parties condemn that they have discovered a Plot that allows hacking authentication system, which would have allowed his supporters to vote multiple times without being identified.
Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Kobajidzeassured the media that the above eliteBidzina Ivanishvili, who was nicknamed “Georgia’s shadow ruler” and so on, along with the US ambassador to Georgia, Robin DunniganFor his part, Bokuchawa concluded his speech by saying that the opposition would “fight like never before.” Protests against the government and the election results are expected to take place in the center of Tbilisi in the evening.
political tension
CEC says votes have already been counted and SG will win 89 seats in parliament61 will be for the Coalition for Change (the coalition where the MNU is located), 18 for National Unity-Movement, 17 for Georgia Fuerte, 14 and Por Georgia, 12. Another opposition formation, Georgia Fuerte, declared that the results did not match the will of Georgian citizens. This is how he expressed it ana dolidzeOne of its leaders, who assured that since its formation he has been angry about “what the CEC does” Dare to present and writeIn response to any protests, the mayor of Tbilisi Kaza Kaladze, former elite footballer and general secretary of SG, threatened that “a Very strong reaction” Anyone who dares to “move against the law” of the country.
The investigation was not over and georgian dream supporters They were already carrying Georgian flags and moving quickly in their formation to celebrate the victory on Saturday night. As if it were a sporting victory, they did it happily on city streets Rustaveli Avenue To the sound of car horns. Even people close to the government like Hungary’s president viktor orban He congratulated the SG and the Prime Minister for their victory when more than 50% of the votes were still to be counted. On Saturday, supporters of the ruling party tried to storm the MNU headquarters in the Georgian capital. Additionally, according to national media reports, fights broke out at several election headquarters across the Caucasian country.