Parliament Speaker: accepting election results by opposition is precondition for negotiations
Georgian Parliament Speaker Archil Talakvadze has stated that the elections were held in full line with democratic standards. Photo: Archil Talakvadze’s press office.
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Georgian Parliament Speaker Archil Talakvadze says that the acceptance of October 31 election results is the precondition for holding negotiations with the opposition.
Everyone must respect the official results of the elections. We said before the elections and after the elections that we respect the choice of the Georgian people. Now the opposition should say the same,” Talakvadze said after the meeting with the representatives of OSCE/ODIHR earlier today.
He stated that no one will be able to enter the parliament without elections.
We have nothing to concede. The elections were held in the full line with democratic standards,” Talakvadze stated.
Opposition has plans to continue rallies on Saturday. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
Executive Secretary of GD Irakli Kobakhidze says that the opposition ‘has no right to raise ultimatums’ and that the international community ‘who recognised the legitimacy of the elections’ will not tolerate the opposition’s reactions.
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All international partners have called on the opposition for dialogue. The opposition will receive strict responses for their ultimatums. The ruling party is working to show the opposition the right way,” Kobakhidze said.
The opposition parties who took to the streets following the October 31 parliamentary elections say that the elections were fabricated.
The leader of the United National Movement (UNM) opposition party Grigol Vashadze has called on other opposition parties to sit at a table with the ruling Georgian Dream party to resolve election-related complications.
The Central Election Commission has published an announcement where it responds to opposition’s rally held yesterday in front of the CEC building, calling it the pressure on the Election Administration, noting readiness to discuss any topic related to the elections peacefully with the involvement of various parties.
The Georgian Dream ruling party has called on opposition parties not to follow radical political groups, return to a constructive mode of action and prepare for the second round of majoritarian elections.
During the protest rally on November 8, police detained 19 individuals for 'violating public order and disobedience to a rightful command of the police.’
Four opposition parties which overcame the 1% mandatory threshold in the October 31 parliamentary elections - European Georgia, Girchi, Strategy Aghmashenebeli, Lelo for Georgia - have issued a joint statement earlier today confirming they will continue their ‘peaceful protest against the rigged elections’.
The ruling Georgian Dream party has again called on opposition politicians to move the political processes from ‘destructive’ street protests to negotiations with the involvement of international partners.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has responded to the opposition’s election-related protests and said that all political parties in Georgia ‘must understand’ that the people have given them the mandate to take care of the country in the current period ‘which is full of challenges’ due to the pandemic. Gakharia, who has just recovered from coronavirus, stated earlier today that the fate of the county must be decided in parliament, not on the street.
The High Council of Justice of Georgia has stated earlier today that opposition politicians are ‘lying and trying to mislead people’ when they say that the court rejected 99 per cent of the opposition’s election-related suits.