EU urges probe into Georgia’s vote ‘irregularities’; PM rejects accusations
Al Jazeera
Georgia’s president has called for mass protests, but the Georgian prime minister says the ruling party’s victory ‘is impressive’.
The European Union has called for an investigation into election “irregularities” in Georgia’s disputed parliamentary elections, as Pro-Western President Salome Zourabichvili refused to recognise the result that saw the ruling Georgian Dream win the vote.
The opposition groups, who have said the election has been stolen, fear the ruling party will move the country towards Russia’s orbit, creating a roadblock in its EU accession process.
After meeting with opposition leaders in Tbilisi, Zurabishvili said there had been a “total falsification of the election”.
“It was a total falsification of elections … I don’t recognise these elections. I call on people to stand together and say that we don’t recognise these elections,” Zourabichvili said in a televised address on Sunday.
Jailed former president Mikheil Saakashvili also called for mass protests.
