Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze believes that the opposition in the country “must be replaced by new and healthy political forces.”
According to Kobakhidze, quoted by Tvpirveli, the opposition, which is now holding meaningless talks about electoral fraud, is in a difficult situation and “it itself is doing what the Georgian Dream should have done.”
Once the official results of the elections are known, the first meeting of parliament will take place on the tenth day, after which parliamentary life will begin. Presidential elections will take place in early January, followed by the inauguration of a new president.
As Kobakhidze emphasized, an invitation from the president is not required to convene parliament and deputies will meet without consent. Salome Zurabishvili.
Kobakhidze also stated that parliament does not need the legitimization of the opposition to function. According to the prime minister, when the first session is held, the powers of all deputies will be recognized and then, if anyone wishes, they can appeal to the Parliament of Georgia or the Central Election Commission to eliminate the lists and end the mandate.
“Parliament does not need to legitimize the opposition, I can tell you very clearly. Parliament needs legitimization from the Georgian people. The Georgian people provided legitimacy to parliament and gave corresponding legitimacy to the parliamentary majority. As for the opposition, if they reject the mandates given to them by the relevant part of society, they will offend their followers. However, that is their business. You see that the opposition is spoiling its reputation and position more and more every day. They do it with their own hands. What we should have done is done by the opposition representatives with their own hands.” – said the Prime Minister of Georgia.
The Central Election Commission of Georgia will summarize the results of the parliamentary elections after the completion of consideration of complaints in the courts of all instances, but no later than November 21, the deputy head of the Election Commission said on November 11 Central. Georgy Sharabidze.
As reported EADailyThe elections in Georgia took place on October 26. The opposition and President Zurabishvili, who does not rule out running for a second term, announced the start of the protests on November 4. Since then, various protests have taken place almost every day in Tbilisi. The opposition demands new elections “under international administration.” However, Georgian Dream, which won almost 54% of the vote in the election, does not agree with the protesters’ demands and intends to start working in parliament, even if opposition deputies boycott the work: Dream has gathered a sufficient number of votes. mandates for this.
