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Georgia rejects investigation into its electoral process –

Georgia‘s ruling party, Georgian Dream, led by Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze.

The authorities of Georgia This Monday they rejected an international investigation into the alleged irregularities committed during the parliamentary elections of October 26, which the country’s opposition does not recognize.

«An international investigation means that we are not a State and they control us from the outside»the speaker of the Georgian Parliament said at a press conference, Shalva Papuashvili.

According to Papuashvili, the demand of the opposition, which refuses to cooperate with Georgian law enforcement, to entrust the investigation to foreign specialists means “that uncles and aunts will come and tell us that we are not a state and we cannot do anything for our account”.

Meanwhile, the president of the country, Salome Zurabishviliregretted today that the Georgian community living abroad could not vote en masse in the elections on October 26, as happened in the Moldovan presidential elections this Sunday.

“Moldova was saved by the 300,000 votes of the diaspora,” Zurabishvili wrote on the social network

Previously, Zurabishvili refused to appear before the Prosecutor General’s Office over his allegations of fraud in the recent parliamentary elections.

“Let everyone dedicate themselves to their own thing and not settle political scores with the president,” the president told the press when announcing her decision.

Meanwhile, the Georgian government demanded that the president present evidence of her accusations of electoral fraud.

The four opposition coalitions that entered Parliament denounced the falsification of the elections and announced that they will boycott the formation of the chamber.

The European Union y USA They have called on the authorities to investigate the alleged irregularities committed during the voting and counting.

Today Georgian opponents will gather in the center of Tbilisi to protest again against the result of the October 26 elections and demand an international investigation of the recount, which gave victory to the ruler Georgian Dream. EFE (I)

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