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Rafael M. Mañueco
Domingo, 27 de octubre 2024, 16:05
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The main opposition parties in Georgia have refused to recognize the preliminary results of the parliamentary elections held in the country this Saturday, considering that there was "massive fraud." These forces claim they will not collect their deputy certificates and have called on their supporters to take to the streets to denounce the "falsification" of the election results.
On Sunday morning, after counting almost 99% of the ballots, the Central Election Commission of Georgia announced that the ruling party, Georgian Dream, obtained the majority with 54.08% of the votes. Following them was the Coalition for Change with 10.80%. Next, Unity, which includes the United National Movement of former President Mikheil Saakashvili, dropped to 10.09%, and Strong Georgia gathered 8.75% of the votes.
These three parties, which maintain a pro-European orientation, are the ones proposing to challenge the election results and have called for mobilizations. Indeed, most exit polls showed completely different results, according to which the ruling party did not exceed 36%, and the absolute majority passed to the opposition.
The other party entering the distribution of seats is Gakharia for Georgia with 7.75% of the votes. Thus, Georgian Dream will have 88 or 89 deputies out of the 150 in the Chamber and 76 needed to invest the Government. The rest of the parties entering Parliament will have 61 or 62 seats in the chamber. The turnout reached 58.94%, higher than in recent electoral calls in recent years. What Georgian Dream will not have is the "constitutional majority," which requires two-thirds, that is, 101 deputies, to make changes to the Constitution.
According to the NGO My Vote, which monitored the elections, observers and monitors "were subjected to unprecedented pressure throughout the voting day, including physical assaults, insults, intimidation, and unjustified expulsion from polling stations." There were also "violations of the verification and labeling system, as well as obstruction to observers in monitoring the voter identification process." "There were cases of voters receiving pre-marked ballots, while in consulate voting abroad, long queues formed, and many people could not exercise their right," concludes the organization's report.
The Georgian Prime Minister, Irakli Kobakhidze, from Georgian Dream, said this Sunday that "the results of the parliamentary elections in Georgia showed a decline in the opposition's popularity ratings" and warned that "the protests will not interfere with the work of the new Parliament." According to him, the newly elected Chamber "will begin to work even if the country's president – Salome Zurabishvili – does not convene the first meeting." Zurabishvili maintains a confrontational position with the Executive, especially regarding the orientation towards rapprochement with Moscow and the approval of laws copied from Russian legislation, such as the "foreign agents" law or the prohibition of LGTBI propaganda.
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