Georgian President did not recognize the election results and called for a new vote

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili on November 18 called for the country's parliamentary elections to be repeated and the results of the recent vote, according to which the ruling Georgian Dream party won, to be canceled.

"When elections were not held, it is necessary to repeat these elections as soon as possible, which depends on the solution of the following issues, without which there is no point in holding new elections," the president said at a briefing.

According to her, the country is on the path of destabilization and dual power. She called on the citizens of the state to continue protesting against the results of the parliamentary elections.

Thus, after the published results of the CEC data Zurabishvili said that she does not recognize the results of the elections, according to which the ruling Georgian Dream party won. She added that on November 19 she will file a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court for violation of constitutional principles concerning the secrecy and universality of voting.

Earlier, on November 16, the head of Georgia's Central Election Commission Giorgi Kalandarishvili signed the final protocol of the parliamentary elections. According to the final results, the ruling Georgian Dream party won with 53.93% of the vote and won 89 out of 150 seats in parliament. More than 2.1 million people out of 3.5 million citizens with the right to vote participated in the voting. About 34.9 thousand ballots were recognized as invalid.

Earlier, on November 13, Georgian Dream submitted evidence of violations by the opposition during the parliamentary elections to the prosecutor's office. It became known on November 1 that the party was going to hand over to the Prosecutor's Office evidence of theft of votes by the opposition during the parliamentary elections. Later, on November 6, the ruling party said that more than 400 such cases were revealed.

Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on October 26. According to the Central Election Commission of the republic, Georgian Dream won. However, three opposition political forces - United National Movement, Coalition for Change and Strong Georgia - refused to recognize the election results.

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili also expressed her disagreement with the results of the vote and called on her fellow citizens to protest. For two days, on October 28 and 29, the opposition marched in Georgia against the election results.