The President of Georgia has addressed the nation and said the country has taken another major step forward after holding peaceful and democratic municipal elections yesterday.
President Giorgi Margvelashvili said the country had positively addressed one more serious challenge by making a step forward towards the country’s further development and success.
"After holding the parliamentary elections in 2012 and Presidential elections of 2013 successfully, through holding peaceful and democratic municipal elections [today], according to international standards we have finished a most important electoral circle and transformed the democratic process in an irreversible tradition," Margvelashvili said in a special statement last evening.
He said he was sure the people of Georgia would soon reap the benefits of the positive results of taking this step towards democracy.
President Margvelashvili congratulated Georgian people on successfully completing the municipal elections and wished unity, peace and wellbeing for the country.