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Protest against the results of the parliamentary elections in Tbilisi on November 1 (Photo: REUTERS / Irakli Gedenidze)
Opposition parties in Georgia, which entered parliament, resigned their mandates in protest against the faked elections.
According to Echo Kavkaza, representatives of the largest opposition bloc have already refused parliamentary mandates. United National Movement, European Georgia, Read for Georgia Y Girchi… The bloc also rejected seats in parliament. Giorgi Vashadze – The Agmashenebeli Strategy Y The citizens.
Representatives of the Alliance of Patriots also refused to join the new parliament.
At the same time, according to the CEC, seven parties and two blocs are entering the Georgian parliament: the ruling Georgian Dream party, the opposition bloc Power in Unity, which includes the United National Movement party, European Georgia, Read for Georgia, the Alliance of Georgia Patriots, Giorgi Vashadze – Agmashenebeli Strategy, Girchi, Citizens and Labor Party.
Earlier, Nika Melia, one of the leaders of the main opposition bloc United National Movement – Force in Unity, said that the opposition is rejecting mandates because it requires new elections in a free environment.
To start the work of the new call two thirds of the parliament must be sworn in (100 deputies)… Therefore, the opposition wants to break the quorum.
Regular parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on October 31. The parliament of the tenth convocation was elected in the country: 120 deputies were elected by proportional and 30 – on the basis of a majority electoral system.
According to the Georgia CEC, based on the results of counting more than 80% of the votes, the ruling Georgian Dream party wins the parliamentary elections in Georgia. It obtained 48% of the votes according to the proportional system, second place was occupied by the opposition bloc UNM – Sila en Unidad with 27.13% of the votes.
The opposition said the election results were falsified and intends to protest until early elections are called. The CEC calls these accusations absurd.
Protesters who do not agree with the election results set up tents under the parliament building.
