High Council of Justice dismisses opposition claim that 99% of election-related suits have been rejected
The High Council of Justice is responsible for the appointment of judges across the country and a number of other legal matters in the country’s judicial system. Photo: Ipress.
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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.
The High Council of Justice stated that Georgian courts received 96 lawsuits following the October 31 parliamentary elections.
60 of the 96 lawsuits concerned the annulment of election results in several polling stations or a recount of votes. More than 16 per cent of the 60 lawsuits were approved. The court said that election results in 17 polling stations must be recounted, while the election results in one polling station were annulled,” the High Council of Justice said.
The High Council of Justice stated that more than 37 per cent of lawsuits concerned election complaints which were written by unauthorised individuals.
Opposition parties are demanding repeat elections. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
The lawsuits asked the court to allow the discussion of the complaints.
The High Council of Justice says that per the election code, such complaints are automatically rejected.
One of the leaders of the European Georgia opposition party, Sergi Kapanadze, stated yesterday that the court rejected most of their election lawsuits and the opposition have no legal ways to prove their allegations that the election results were falsified.
The opposition took to the street following the October 31 parliamentary elections, accusing the Georgian Dream ruling party and the country’s Central Election Commission of fabricating the elections.
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.
Opposition activities are rallying at various district election commissions in Tbilisi and in the regions, where commission members are making summaries of the results after a recount of votes in several constituencies.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Archil Talakvadze says that the acceptance of October 31 election results is the precondition for holding negotiations with the opposition.
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.
MEPs Andrius Kubilius, Rasa Jukneviciene and Lithuanian MP Zygimantas Pavilionis have responded to the Georgian opposition’s election-related rallies in Tbilisi and said in a joint statement that the Georgian government should start a dialogue with the opposition.