President Zurabishvili thanks CEC chair Zhvania for holding 'free, fair, just elections' amid pandemic
President Salome Zurabishvili held a meeting with the Central Election Commisison chair Tamar Zhvania today. Photo: President's press office
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Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili spoke about the recent parliamentary elections with the Central Election Commission (CEC) chairperson Tamar Zhvania earlier today.
President Zurabishvili thanked Zhvania and her team for holding ‘free, fair and just’ elections amid the coronavirus pandemic.
During the meeting Zurabishvili and Zhvania welcomed ‘positive’ preliminary assessments of the observation missions and international community as well.
Tamar Zhvania and her team at @cecgovge managed to hold free, fair, and just elections despite the COVID pandemic. Thank you for your work and thank you to the entire CEC team. pic.twitter.com/QOE4oRt2CM
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) November 3, 2020
Denouncing the pressure on the CEC and its female chair, Salome Zurabishvili said it is unacceptable for a democratic country to assault and threaten ‘one of the major impartial institutions’ and the ‘cornerstones of the election process’.
Earlier today, Tamar Zhvania met with the diplomatic corps and representatives of international observation missions to respond to questions about discrepancies at voting stations which have caused controversies.
Opposition accuses the CEC of falsifying the election results, they thus demand Zhvania’s resignation and holding of repeat parliamentary elections.