
Georgian parliament passes bill banning overseas voting
Critics have described the amendments as a denial of voting rights for Georgian emigrants.

Critics have described the amendments as a denial of voting rights for Georgian emigrants.

Rusudan Tevzadze stated that her decision was difficult but morally correct.

In response to criticism, Jeyhun Chovdarov, local councilor from the ruling Georgian Dream party, threw a teapot at a resident of the Marneuli district.

Mate Devidze was arrested in November during protests against electoral fraud during October’s parliamentary vote.

Hundreds of people have been fined on various charges, including roadblocks, amid protests that began in November in Georgia.

Municipal elections in Georgia are planned to be held on 4 October.

Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili had vowed to ‘apologise’ to South Ossetia over the former ruling UNM party’s role in the August 2008 War.