Georgian President refuses to resign and calls new elections a “travesty”
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Salome Zurabishvili does not recognize the December 14 presidential election and refuses to step down. She declares that she will remain president until democratic elections are held, supporting mass protests.
The fifth president of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, has confirmed that she is not going to resign. She called the presidential election scheduled for December 14 by the Georgian Dream a "travesty," UNN reports citing Novosti Georgia.
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Zurabishvili declares that he will remain president until new elections are held in the country in compliance with democratic standards.
"The main thing is happening (now) on the streets, in the cities, more and more people are coming out every day to express their own protest through actions, petitions, speeches, marches. It has covered the whole country, all generations, all professions... The huge protest is aimed at only one thing: to announce new elections, because there is no other peaceful way," Zurabishvili said.
She added that "it is impossible to arrest everyone," no matter how harsh the Georgian Dream goes to in order to maintain its power.
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"On December 14, the Georgian Dream party plans to elect Mikheil Kavelashvili, a former football player and former MP who was nominated by the ruling party as the only candidate for the presidency, as the country's new president.