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At the Georgia Central Election Commission building, the police used water cannons against the opposition, demanding the appointment of new parliamentary elections. Georgia’s Interior Ministry said protesters tried to break into the CEC building.
The police used force against the participants of the opposition rally, which was held on 8 November in the building of the Central Elections Commission of Georgia. This was reported by the press service of the country’s Interior Ministry.
According to the ministry, the protesters tried to break into the CEC building, which was detained by the police.
“Because the protesters used violent methods and ignored the instructions of the police, the Interior Ministry used proportional force within the limits of its competence determined by law,” the message says.
The president of the non-governmental organization “Georgia Young Lawyers Association”, Giorgi Gotsiridze, said that the use of water cannons is an illegitimate use of force, writes “Echo Kavkaza”.
“It was an illegitimate use of force, without warning,” Gotsiridze said.
Georgian Ombudsman Nino Lomjaria called on the ruling party and the opposition to resolve the political crisis through negotiations, the Novosti-Georgia news agency reported.
According to the Ombudsman, The crisis in the country was caused by violations revealed during the October 31 elections, among which Lomjaria mentioned the use of administrative resources, attacks on observers and journalists. He also pointed to shortcomings during the counting of votes and the tabulation of the election results.
On November 8, a large-scale opposition rally was held in Tbilisi, questioning the results of the parliamentary elections.
Parliamentary elections in Georgia It happened on October 31… Voter turnout, by data The country’s CCA amounted to 56.11%. Elections by data The country’s CEC was won by the ruling Georgian Dream party, with 48.15% of voters voting for it. Its main rival, the United National Movement – United Opposition bloc, had the support of 27.14% of those who attended the elections.
On October 31, the country’s former president, the head of the Executive Committee of Ukraine’s reforms Mikhail Saakashvili, who formed the opposition party United National Movement in Georgia, announced that the opposition won the elections in Georgia.
On November 1, in the country’s capital, Tbilisi, opposition supporters came to protest against the results of the parliamentary elections. They believe that the results of the vote “do not reflect the will of the Georgian people.”
On November 2, opposition parties announced their rejection of parliamentary mandates in the country’s newly elected parliament.
The former speaker of the Georgian parliament, executive secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream party, Irakli Kobakhidze, announced on November 5 possible provocations by the opposition United National Movement party. After that, the Georgia State Security Service launched an investigation into the preparations for the overthrow of the government.
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