Protests in Tbilisa: President calls for a cancellation of the choice!

Protests in Tbilisa: President calls for a cancellation of the choice!

In a dramatic showdown in Georgia, the authorities arrested more than a dozen people, while the protests escalated against the controversial re -election of the ruling party Georgian Dream. On Tuesday there were violent clashes between the police and pro-Western demonstrators in the capital Tbilisa, which defend themselves against the results of the parliamentary election of October 26. President Salome Zurabishvili has now started legal steps and demands the cancellation of the election, which in her opinion was shaped by "broad violations of the election university and the confidentiality of voting".

The situation was poured when the police had violently cleared the protesters who had built on a main boulevard for two nights. Videos show how civil servants throw demonstrators to the ground and attack with pepper spray. The Ministry of the Interior said that the protests were illegal because the demonstrators had blocked traffic. In the meantime, the leaders of three oppositional parties called on daily protests to prevent the opening of the new parliamentary session.

election fraud and pro-Russian allegations

The opposition has described the Georgian Dream as pro-Russian and warns that their rule could endanger the opportunities of Georgia to join the EU. The electoral commission confirmed a victory of the Georgian Dream with 54 percent of the vote, but two US ambient institutions commissioned by the opposition described the result as "statistically impossible". Observer groups, including the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, reported irregularities such as election fraud and voters, but could not confirm that the election was stolen.