{"id":130,"date":"2024-10-28T13:47:21","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T11:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/safebritinvestua.com\/?p=130"},"modified":"2024-10-28T13:47:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T11:47:59","slug":"uv-iaznenyj-saakashvili-zaiavyv-pro-falsyfikatsiiu-vyboriv-u-hruzii-i-zaklykav-opozytsiiu-do-velykoho-protestu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/safebritinvestua.com\/en\/uv-iaznenyj-saakashvili-zaiavyv-pro-falsyfikatsiiu-vyboriv-u-hruzii-i-zaklykav-opozytsiiu-do-velykoho-protestu\/","title":{"rendered":"IMPRISONED SAAKASHVILI CLAIMS ELECTION FRAUD IN GEORGIA AND CALLS ON THE OPPOSITION FOR A \"MAJOR PROTEST\""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who is currently imprisoned, claimed that the opposition \"convincingly\" won\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nv.ua\/ukr\/world\/countries\/vibori-v-gruziji-hto-vigraye-yaki-budut-naslidki-i-yakiy-shlyah-obere-krajina-poyasnennya-ekspertiv-50461394.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the parliamentary elections,<\/a>which were \"completely rigged.\" He called for protests,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SaakashviliMikheil\/posts\/pfbid02DxGZUUZJpvCeZXr1sLx4iqW8tafDhuwqj1pybTGmcM2wRdzsMFe9BAVwPEBBRffml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">as stated<\/a>\u00a0in Saakashvili\u2019s message on Facebook on Sunday, October 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"These elections have been stolen from the Georgian people, so we must engage in continuous demonstrations and civil disobedience,\" Saakashvili declared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that a unified opposition coordination center should be immediately established to protect the election results. Currently, no one should enter the parliament, Saakashvili emphasized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Now is the time for a major protest. We must show the world that we are fighting for freedom and that we are people who do not accept injustice,\"\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SaakashviliMikheil\/posts\/pfbid02kXQQgzS9qZ3fXKocSohr62zNiFzuT5Ldc8PUFHhDXaDd8rP5pJKV3jHR9cKaSyUel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the politician added<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h2_part1\">October 26 Elections in Georgia: What We KnowGeorgia\u2019s October 26 Elections \u2013 What We Know<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On October 27, the Georgian Election Commission's website reported that, after processing ballots from 99% of polling stations,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nv.ua\/ukr\/world\/countries\/vibori-u-gruziji-cvk-pidrahuvala-mayzhe-vsi-golosi-50461653.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the pro-Russian party Georgian Dream received 54.24% of the votes.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Election Commission, the opposition Coalition for Change received 10.8%, United National Movement \u2013 10.1%, Strong Georgia \u2013 8.7%, and Gakharia \u2013 For Georgia \u2013 7.7%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opposition Georgian parties Coalition for Change and United National Movement announced that they do not recognize the results of the parliamentary elections and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nv.ua\/ukr\/world\/countries\/vibori-u-gruziji-opoziciya-vidmovilasya-viznavati-rezultati-golosuvannya-50461644.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">have called for protests.<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze stated that the government will be approved despite the opposition's refusal to recognize the election results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zlatko Vujovi\u0107, head of the ENEMO (European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations) observation mission, stated that the parliamentary elections in Georgia on October 27 took place in a \"polarized and restrictive environment,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nv.ua\/ukr\/world\/countries\/vibori-u-gruziji-mizhnarodni-sposterigachi-rozpovili-pro-rezultati-50461720.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">undermining the inclusiveness, transparency, and fairness of the electoral process.\"<\/a>\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili also&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nv.ua\/ukr\/world\/countries\/vibori-u-gruziji-zurabishvili-nazvala-vibori-sfalsifikovanimi-ta-zaklikala-vihoditi-na-miting-50461734.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">refused to recognize the results of the parliamentary elections.<\/a>The EU called on Georgian authorities&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nv.ua\/ukr\/world\/countries\/sharl-mishel-zaklikaye-gruziyu-rozsliduvati-porushennya-na-viborah-50461735.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to investigate<\/a>&nbsp;the election irregularities.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who is currently imprisoned, claimed that the opposition \"convincingly\" won the parliamentary elections, which were \"completely rigged.\" He called for protests, as stated in Saakashvili\u2019s message on Facebook on Sunday, October 27.\n\n\"These elections have been stolen from the Georgian people, so we must engage in continuous demonstrations and civil disobedience,\" Saakashvili declared...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/safebritinvestua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/safebritinvestua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/safebritinvestua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safebritinvestua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safebritinvestua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/safebritinvestua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132,"href":"https:\/\/safebritinvestua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions\/132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safebritinvestua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/safebritinvestua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safebritinvestua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safebritinvestua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}