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The OSCE/ODIHR final report stated that Georgian authorities had failed to address ‘widespread concerns about the integrity of election results’.
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Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has called for a protest against the election results today in central Tbilisi, urging people to ‘stand together’ and not to recognise the results.
Key events from yesterday:
- President Salome Zourabichvili called the elections ‘completely rigged’, stating that recognising their results would be the equivalent of recognising ‘Russia’s entry here’.
- Zourabichvili called for a protest at 19:00 on central Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi. Georgia’s Parliament is on Rustaveli Avenue.
- Several opposition groupings who managed to secure seats in parliament have vowed not to take up their mandates.
- Several election monitoring missions have highlighted widespread accounts and reports of violations at voting stations across the country.
- EU Council President Charles Michel posted on X that the council will ‘assess’ its relations with Georgia at its informal meeting in Budapest next month.
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