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.
In Georgia, a parliamentary election was held on October 26, which, according to official data, was won by the ruling Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia party, but the result is disputed by the opposition.
In a statement on Wednesday, the opposition party, the Coalition for Change, which finished second in the contest, renounced the mandate of its representatives in the legislature with the aim of “delegitimizing” the parliament.
In 2018, President Salome Zurabishvili was elected for a six-year term by direct voting.
This week, the new parliament approved the presidential election scheduled for December 14 and 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. Speaking to the American news agency AP, the head of state said:
Georgia is transforming into a “quasi-Russian state” and the ruling party exercises control over the country’s major institutions.
Source: magyarnemzet.hu
