Georgian people demand new elections and European future - Zurabishvili
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Salome Zurabishvili appealed to the European Parliament to put pressure on the Georgian government to hold new elections. She claimed repression of peaceful protesters and stolen voting results.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili called on the EU to put pressure on the pro-Russian government of Georgia to hold new elections amid police repression of peaceful protesters, UNN reports citing DW.
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The President of Georgia gave a speech in the European Parliament and stated that Georgian society as such is not divided - there is the Georgian people and the repressive apparatus of one party.
At the same time, Zurabishvili emphasized that it was a peaceful protest.
"We ask only two things: to give us your vote, as the elections were stolen, and to give us back our European future by holding new elections," she said.
At the end of October, Georgia held parliamentary elections, which were won by the ruling Georgian Dream party with 54% of the vote. However, the opposition refused to recognize the official results and called for protests, pointing to numerous violations.
Recall
UNN has already written that the current President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili called the election of the new President Mikhail Kavelashvili illegitimate.
