Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili is confident that the country will be able to overcome the current political crisis by holding new parliamentary elections.
Zurabishvili stated this after a meeting with a delegation of chairmen of the foreign affairs committees of the parliaments of eight European countries. The delegation includes lawmakers from Finland, Sweden, France, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland and Germany.
“Judging by the statements of the head of the Central Election Commission (of Georgia), it is clear what decision the CEC will make. There can be no surprises here. There is a crisis and our friends are here to find ways to bring Georgia out of this crisis. Georgia will come out of this crisis... We will return to new elections so that when the time comes, Georgia will have a legitimate parliament, a legitimate government and a legitimate new president. This is our way. Our way is the way of stability, democracy and Europe,” Zurabishvili said at the briefing.
Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on October 26. According to the CEC, the ruling Georgian Dream party, which favors preserving relations with Russia and opposes anti-Russian sanctions, won 53.93% of the vote. Four opposition parties also passed into parliament, receiving a total of 37.78%. Opposition representatives have already said they do not recognize the CEC data. Pascal Alizar, special coordinator of the OSCE short-term mission, noted the good organization of the elections in Georgia, but said there were a number of violations recorded by observers. President Salome Zurabishvili, who is helping the pro-European opposition despite the fact that the constitution requires the president to be non-partisan, called on fellow citizens to protest after the election because of the results.
The deadline for the CEC to publish the final protocol is November 21. Parliament must convene no later than the tenth day after the publication of the final protocol to convene the president. However, if the president refuses to convene parliament, the legislature will convene on its own.
Reprinted from https://ria.ru/
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