Patriarch appeals presidential candidates to worthily meet victory or failure
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Georgian Patriarch Ilia II has handed icons to the two presidential candidates and appealed to them to accept victory or failure in a worthy manner in the upcoming elections.
I am happy that I see ministers, presidential candidates in the cathedral on Saint George’s day. I am sure that you [presidential candidates] will meet both victory and failure similarly. The one who will win should not think that he/she is better than others. I am sure that you will stand together and help each other,” Ilia II stated and handed the icons of Saint George to the candidates.
The presidential election runoff is scheduled for 28 November.
The Georgian Dream endorsed presidential candidate Salome Zurabishvili and the opposition candidate Grigol Vashadze will run in the second round of elections, as none of them were able to receive more than 50 per cent of votes in the first round on 28 October.
The Georgian Central Election Commission (CEC) has ended the counting process of votes for the 28 October presidential elections.The votes of all 3,705 polling stations have been counted and the results mean that a runoff will be held no later than 2 October between the top two candidates-Zurabishvili and Vashadze.
The presidential candidate of ten opposition parties Grigol Vashadze, who came second in the presidential race based on the current data of the Central Election Commission, says that it is no time for euphoria as the second round of the elections is still ahead.
The government of Georgia will allocate 10,583,022 GEL [4 million USD] for the November 28 presidential election runoff. The government allocated 42 million GEL for the first round of elections, which was held on 28 October.
The ruling Georgian Dream party has announced today that it will be endorsing independent candidate Salome Zourabichvili as candidate for the presidency.
On November 23 Georgia celebrates Saint George’s day, one of the most important days for Orthodox Christians.
Orthodox Christians in Georgia are celebrating one of the most significant days in the country’s religious calendar, Saint George’s Day [Giorgoba in Georgian] today.