Georgian opposition demands repeat elections – MP – World

TBILISI, October 29. /TASS/. The Georgian opposition is demanding repeat parliamentary elections, MP Giorgi Vashadze, representing the Unity-National Movement group, said at a rally in the capital Tbilisi.

“Our demand is to hold new elections, but in a way that is conducted by an international election administration,” Vashadze told protesters rallying against Saturday’s election results.

The opposition is also demanding the publication of a list of people who voted in the election because it believes fewer people actually voted than the Georgian Central Election Commission reported.

Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on Saturday, in which 18 parties took part, including the ruling Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia party, which has been in power for 12 years. According to the country’s Central Election Commission, the ruling party received 54% of the vote, which allowed Georgian Dream to form a government on its own. Four opposition parties overcame the five percent electoral threshold: the Coalition for Change (11%), Unity – National Movement (10%), the Strong Georgia coalition (9%) and the Gakharia for Georgia party (8%). get seats in parliament. All opposition parties refuse to accept the election results. “Unity – National Movement”, “Coalition of Change” and “Strong Georgia” announced that they would boycott the new parliament.