New president to be inaugurated in mid-December
If the Georgian Dream ruling party endorsed presidential candidate wins the tomorrow’s elections, she may not live in the Avlabari presidential palace. Photo: President’s press office.
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The inauguration ceremony of the fifth president of Georgia will be held on 16 December based on the Georgian Constitution.
The Constitution reads that the ceremony must be held on the third Sunday after holding elections.
The current president of Georgia will officially end his term on inauguration day.
The Georgian presidential runoff will be held tomorrow between the Georgian Dream ruling party endorsed presidential candidate Salome Zurabishvili and the opposition candidate Grigol Vashadze.
The candidate elected through the presidential race will serve in the role for six years in his/her first term, as is stated by the new version of the Georgian Constitution.
The victorious candidate will be the last president of Georgia to be elected by the people via direct vote.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has stated today that holding the elections in a free, fair and transparent environment has turned into a tradition under the Georgian Dream government since 2012.
The second round of Georgia’s presidential elections will be held on November 28, according to the decision of the Central Election Commission which was announced today.
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.
"We received a clear message about our mistakes from our people, as well as about the expectations they have towards us regarding concrete challenges, the challenges which bother them and their families. We have seen much from the elections, we have seen that many things need to be changed in the shortest terms,” Bakhtadze said.