Today, November 13, a women’s protest is taking place near the Georgian Central Election Commission building in Tbilisi. They are protesting against the results of the parliamentary elections, in which the Georgian Dream won.
The women hit the fence with stones and tried to enter the territory of the Central Election Commission, but were turned away by the police. According to those gathered there, the police “used force to close the entrance.”
The protest continues. The woman’s hands hold sheets of paper with a black circle drawn on them. This is a mark symbol supposedly visible on the back of the ballot that indicates who the voter voted for. This, according to the opposition, is a violation of the voting process. The authorities, checking this complaint for violations, conducted an experiment and, as a result, stated that this could not lead to mass violations.
On October 26, elections were held in Georgia. The opposition announced the start of the protests on November 4. Since then, various events have been held almost every day in Tbilisi. The opposition demands new elections “under international administration.” However, Georgian Dream does not agree with the protesters’ demands and intends to start work in parliament, even if opposition MPs boycott the work; Dream has gathered a sufficient number of mandates for this.
