Georgian President gives authorities a week to call new parliamentary elections
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has given the country's authorities a week to call new parliamentary elections. This was reported by Telegram channel Sputnik Georgia on December 22.
"President Salome Zurabishvili has given Georgian authorities a week to appoint new parliamentary elections," reads a report published in the Telegram channel.
She joined protests in Tbilisi that day. During her speech, her microphone went off. It was reported that on December 23, she intends to record a video message to the citizens of the country, in which she will share details, as she cannot voice them at the moment due to technical problems on the stage.
Thepresidential election in Georgia was held on December 14. For the first time, not citizens but a panel of 300 electors voted for a candidate for the post of the head of state. Mikhail Kavelashvili, a candidate from the Georgian Dream party, won the election.
Zurabishvili, in turn, refused to step down as head of state. This is happening against the background of ongoing protests in Georgia due to the suspension of negotiations on European integration and opposition disagreement with the results of parliamentary elections, which were held in late October and the results of which Zurabishvili also does not recognize. According to Middle East and Caucasus expert Stanislav Tarasov, she may create an opposition parliament, which threatens a dual power in the country and a power scenario.
On December 22, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said that if the country's president decides to call new parliamentary elections or refuses to leave the residence of the head of state, it will threaten her with criminal liability. According to him, she will have to resign on December 29, when Zurabishvili's term of office expires.
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