Saakashvili calls for increased street protests in Georgia
Kyiv • UNN
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili calls for more street protests to gain support from the West. The opposition does not recognize the results of the parliamentary elections, where the Georgian Dream Party won 54% of the vote.
It is necessary to increase the scale of street actions in Georgia. This is stated in a statement by the third President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, posted on his Facebook page, UNN reports.
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Saakashvili believes that this is necessary in order to gain the support of the West and the new US administration.
"If we want to get the support of the West and the assistance of the new US cabinet, we need to increase the scale of street actions.
Small actions deserve approval and praise, but let's not focus on just one big action," Saakashvili wrote.
Recall
According to official data, the ruling Georgian Dream party won the parliamentary elections, receiving almost 54% of the vote.
Both the oppositionand Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili do not recognize the legitimacy of the elections and talk about their falsification.
Since the election day, large-scale protests against the election results have been regularly held in Tbilisi .
According to the opposition, the key date will be November 21, when the country's CEC is to publish the final protocol on the results of the vote.
