The opposition in Georgia calls for new protests after the victory of Georgian Dream becomes official

MADRID 31 Oct. () –

Leaders of opposition parties in Georgia have called for new protests for Monday after the Central Electoral Commission made official the victory of the government Georgian Dream in the parliamentary elections on October 26.

“We will meet on Rustaveli Avenue on Monday at 7 p.m. and we will inform you in detail about our action plan,” the leader of the For the People party, Anna Dolidze, reported in an appearance, as reported by the Agenda.ge news portal. .

The call for protests has been supported by Coalition for Change, National Unity-Movement and Strong Georgia, although the For Georgia party, led by former Prime Minister Giorgi Gajaria, has distanced itself from the initiative.

The Georgian Dream candidate, the Prime Minister, Irakli Kobajidze, has emerged as the winner with a majority of almost 54 percent, which represents 89 of the 150 seats that make up the unicameral Parliament, well ahead of the rest of the formations, which barely they reach 11 percent.

The country’s president, Salome Zurabishvili, rejected the results, also questioned by the European Union and the United States. In the last few hours, the arrest of at least two people has been confirmed for committing irregularities during election day, the Ministry of the Interior has reported.

For its part, Georgian Dream has rejected all these accusations and has reproached Zurabishvili for his attitude, while doing the same with the European Union, which has ‘de facto’ suspended its accession process considering that the country’s authorities did not They had shown interest in applying the necessary reforms to enter the community bloc.