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.