Zurabishvili stated that the parliament has no right to elect his successor.
There is no legitimate parliament, therefore an illegitimate parliament cannot elect a new head of state. Thus, no new president can be installed and my mandate will remain in place until a legitimately elected parliament is formed
Zurabisvili stated.
Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on October 26, which, according to official data, were won by the ruling Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia party, but the result is disputed by the opposition.
The opposition party, the Coalition for Change, finished second in the contest
resigned from the mandate of its representatives in the legislature in a statement on Wednesday
with the aim of “delegitimizing” the parliament.
Szalome Zourabisvili In 2018, the president was elected for a six-year term by direct voting. It was approved by the new parliament this week the presidential election scheduled for December 14respectively the date of the inauguration of the new head of state on December 29.
For the first time in the Caucasian country, the head of state will not be elected in a general election or referendum, but will be decided by a college of 300 voters. The head of state
speaking to the American news agency AP, he said: Georgia is turning into a “quasi-Russian state”,
and the ruling party exercises control over the country’s major institutions. Mass protests began in Georgia after Irakli Kobahidze Prime Minister announced on Thursday: the ruling Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia party will suspend negotiations on EU accession until the end of 2028 and will refuse EU subsidies.
On Saturday, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobahidze declared that they will not allow a revolution to break out in the country.
In Georgia, the Majdan scenario cannot be realized. Georgia is a state, and of course the state will not allow this
said Kobaidze. The prime minister referred to the Maidan Square uprising that broke out in Kyiv in 2013, during which pro-Moscow President Viktor Yanukovych was driven out of the country, after which Ukraine clearly turned to the West. According to Russian propaganda, the Maidan Square uprising was organized by the West.
On Saturday night again – for the third day – thousands of protesters took to the streets in the capital, Tbilisi, waving EU and Georgian flags in front of the parliament building. According to the police, 107 and according to the prime minister at least 150 protesters were detained during the protest movements on Thursday and Friday.
The US State Department announced on Saturday that it will suspend the strategic partnership with Georgia due to the suspension of the EU accession process.
We condemn the use of excessive force against lawfully demonstrating people protesting against the betrayal of their constitution – the EU’s buffer against Russia
– wrote spokesman Matthew Miller on X.
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