In the center of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, on Rustaveli Avenue near the parliament building, several thousand people gathered in an opposition rally on Monday, protesting against the falsification of the October 26 parliamentary elections.
The Internet publication “Paper Kartuli” writes about 4,000 protesters, while the TV channel “Doždj” reports that 15,000 people gathered at the rally. Swedish activist Greta Thunberg also came to the rally to “express support for Georgian activists and citizens who are tired of constant repression and the slide towards tyranny”.
The opposition accuses billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili‘s “Georgian Dream” party, which was recognized as the winner of the election, for concealing the election.
Monday’s rally is organized by opposition political forces – the Change Coalition, the United National Movement and the “Strong Georgia” party. At the rally in Tbilisi, the opposition presented a plan of struggle – daily actions in the capital and the country, each time in different places. A new initiative will be announced on Tuesday at 14:00 in Tbilisi at the Sports Palace.
Before the start of the rally there were demonstrations in several districts of Tbilisi.
The participants marched through the main avenues and then gathered in front of the parliament building.
Opposition leaders have agreed on five strategic points and are calling for new elections by November 21. Opposition leaders have agreed to call for new elections, not to recognize the stolen elections and devolve parliament, to start a counter-movement and peaceful opposition first in Tbilisi and then across the country. Georgia, that each subsequent complaint will be sharper, more and more. targeted, and to continue collecting evidence and all documents for a full international investigation into the falsification of election results.
The head of the Coalition for Change, Nika Gvaramiya, had asked opposition supporters to bring tents to the rally, saying the action could be inconclusive.
Meanwhile, Mamuka Mdinaradze, the leader of the parliamentary majority on “Georgian Dream”, warned that an attempt to erect tents “could lead to clashes with the police”.
The initiative to hold the rally was supported by the country’s president, Salome Zurabishvili.
She accused the “Georgian Dream” of stealing the election and formulated the opposition’s demands – an international investigation into voting irregularities and the organization of new parliamentary elections under the supervision of an international administration instead of the Commission. Unreliable local Central Elections.
The heads of the country’s executive and legislative branches – Prime Minister Irakli Kobahidze and Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili – have already rejected these demands.
They announced that the first session of the newly elected parliament will be held at the end of November, even if the president refuses to call a full session by order, as provided by the constitution.
2024-11-04 18:50:00
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