Tbilisi: Georgia’s president Salome Zourabichvili Sunday said the country was the victim of a Russian “special operation” as she she stood alongside Georgia’s opposition to say she did not recognize the results of the vote.
She called on Georgians to come out at 7 p.m. on Monday on the main street in the capital to protest the result, which she said was a “total falsification, total stealing of your votes.” She spoke the day after an election which could decide Georgia’s place in Europe.
The Central Election Commission said Sunday that the ruling party, Georgian Dream, got almost 55% of the vote with almost 100% of ballots counted.
European electoral observers said the election took place in a “divisive” environment marked by intimidation and instances of physical violence which undermined the outcome of the vote.
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