Salome Zourabichvili, a mostly ceremonial president, told the crowd that she would defend the country’s path toward Europe against actions by Georgian Dream.
weekend parliamentary electionand Turkey and where the governing Georgia n Dream party has become increasingly authoritarian and tilted toward Moscow. However, it ended peacefully after several hours and there were no clear plans for further actions.
“We are not going to enter this parliament. We refuse all mandates,” he said. “We are not going to enter into any negotiations. We are going to fight until victory and we promise you, we will definitely win together.” Zourabichvili, who has rejected the official results, earlier told The Associated Press that Georgia has fallen victim to Russian pressure against joining the EU.“We’ve seen that Russian propaganda was directly used,” said Zourabichvili, a fierce critic of Georgian Dream. She said the government has been “working hand-in-hand with Russia,” and “probably” received help from Moscow’s security services.
He said the U.S. has consistently urged the Georgian government to “walk back” its anti-democratic actions and said “we do not rule out further consequences.”U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for a full investigation of all reports of election-related violations, as did EU Commission spokeswoman Nabila Massrali, who said Georgian Dream’s campaign was “directly inspired” by Russian propaganda and there were “unprecedented levels of disinformation.
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