Georgian opposition outlines demands after mass protests commence – videos

Georgian opposition parties that do not recognise the results of the parliamentary elections held in the country on 26 October are demanding new elections.

Source: Ekho Kavkaza (Echo of the Caucasus), a Radio Liberty project, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Opposition parties in Georgia are demanding repeat elections. Giorgi Vashadze, one of the leaders of the Unity – National Movement party, said that they should be organised by an "international administration".

Vashadze presented Georgians with the actions to be taken by the opposition.

Quote: "First, both you and we consider these elections illegitimate. Secondly, we're not going to enter this parliament, we're renouncing all our mandates and cancelling our lists. Thirdly, we shall fight until we win, and we promise we'll win," he stressed.

Vashadze described the fourth point as "a very specific demand": to hold the elections again, this time under the oversight of an international election administration.

With Russians already militarily occupying 20% of the country since 2008, for many Georgians, Russia's attempt to seize control of the Georgian government through this weekend's rigged election has crossed a line.

Scenes from central Tbilisi now. pic.twitter.com/4immlBCPev

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Vashadze stressed that the opposition has no intention of holding any negotiations with the ruling Georgian Dream party.

The president of Georgia, de facto leader of the opposition, climb to the stage in front Tbilisi parliament during the first anti- government protest after saturday's vote pic.twitter.com/5hQye303mR

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"The only negotiations and agreements should be about the re-run of the elections," he added.

Background: 

• A protest is currently taking place in the heart of Tbilisi. Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili delivered a speech at the rally, saying that the votes of those who gathered to protest "had been stolen".
• Before the rally, the protesters booed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who arrived in Tbilisi to meet with the authorities.
• Opposition parties reportedly do not recognise the election results, stressing that the Georgian Dream had "stolen" them. The opposition called for protests.

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