Georgia in turmoil: escalate protests against controversial parliamentary election!

Georgia in turmoil: escalate protests against controversial parliamentary election!

After the parliamentary election in Georgia in October, the electoral commission declared the government party Georgian Dream as the winner. This decision led to violent protests because several opposition parties raised allegations of counterfeiting and did not want to recognize the result. Since then, the elected MPs of the opposition have been boycotting the parliament. This situation resulted in an official acceptance of the mandate defense by the parliamentary majority, while the MPs of the ProWestian opposition under Giorgi Gacharia continued to hold on to her boycott, but did not officially return their mandates, such as Kleine Zeitung reported.

The election commission confirmed that the government party received 53.93 percent of the vote, which corresponds to 89 out of 150 seats in parliament. However, the opposition, which received 37.79 percent of the vote, explained that it would not join the parliament. President Salome Surabschwili and the opposition accuse the government of averting Georgia from the EU and approaching Russia again, which the pro-European party was more systematic according to "Russian methodology". This led to daily protests in Tbilisi, in which tens of thousands took to the streets, but most recently had a decrease in the number of participants, so Tagesschau .

difficult situation for the government

The government party is criticized due to a new law that is limited to alleged foreign influence. This law is perceived as similar to that in Russia. Since the election, there have been numerous riots with injuries and arrests, including journalists. Dozens have protested against police violence and torture. International observers found irregularities during the election, which caused the European Union to request an investigation.