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Georgia’s Prime Minister warns Zurabishvili that “she has four Fridays left” as president

Georgia's Prime Minister warns Zurabishvili that "she has four Fridays left" as president

The Police break up protests against the Government and its decision to suspend the EU accession process for the third consecutive night

Dec. 1 () –

The Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze, has reminded the president, Salomé Zurabishvili, that “she has four Fridays left” to leave office, after she indicated the day before that she will continue to face the lack of legitimacy of the Government, which accuses of having won the elections by fraudulent means.

“You don’t get used to it, I understand your emotional state, however, of course, from December 29 you will have to leave your residence and hand over this building to the legitimately elected president,” Kobakhidze concluded.

“She still cannot get up from her seat,” reproached Kobakhidze, who remarked that “Mrs. Salomé will have to leave as well as her chair,” reports the Georgian news portal Tabula.

Zurabishvili challenged the Government this Saturday by ensuring that he would remain in office after the December 14 elections since “as there is no legitimate Parliament, there will be no legitimate president nor an investiture”, at the same time that he claimed to be “the only independent and legitimate institution” of the country.

With this statement, he delved into the dispute he maintains with the Government led by Georgian Dream, which he accuses of having won the last elections through fraudulent methods and with the covert support of Russia. “We are facing a stolen election today,” he told French television.

Meanwhile, the Georgian Police were used this Sunday for the third consecutive night of protests against the Government, motivated by its decision to suspend accession negotiations with the European Union.

The Police have used tear gas and water cannons to break up the protesters, who until early this Sunday morning groups of them continued in front of the Parliament headquarters in Tbilisi, where a hundred people have been arrested for riots during the night.

For her part, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Policy, Kaja Kallas, has warned the Government of Georgia that Europe could impose sanctions in response to the repression of the protests.

“It is clear that the use of violence against peaceful protesters is not acceptable, and the government must respect the will of the Georgian people, but also the Constitution of Georgia,” Kallas said during a visit to kyiv.

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