Opposition protests first session of Adjara's Supreme Council
Four people were detained at the opposition rally near the building of the Supreme Council of Adjara. Photo: IPN.
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The Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara has held its first session today while the opposition held a rally outside the building of the Supreme Council during which four people were detained.
Four protesters have been detained. They tried to climb the fence and despite numerous calls from the government special service to come down from the fence, they did not obey. Police in the area also called on them to obey the lawful request of the police and come down from the fence, but they did not follow the request", said head of the Adjara Police Department Kote Ananiashvili.
The opposition refuses to take up its mandates on the Supreme Council and held demonstrations in front of the Supreme Council building, claiming the election was rigged.
There are a total of 21 MPs in the Supreme Council and the ruling Georgian Dream party has a constitutional majority with 14 seats.
The demonstrators say they are not going to stop the protest and express solidarity with the detainees.
Two individuals have been detained at a rally in Batumi earlier today in which the opposition and their supporters demand a meeting with the head of government of Adjara Autonomous Republic Tornike Rizhvadze.
Opposition parties and their supporters have again gathered in front of the parliament of Georgia in central Tbilisi to protest the results of the recent parliamentary elections. The United National Movement (UNM) leader Nika Melia claimed in his public address that the opposition remains strongly united and no one, including the ‘special services of the regime’, will be able to harm their unity.
During the protest rally on November 8, police detained 19 individuals for 'violating public order and disobedience to a rightful command of the police.’
Opposition politicians and their supporters have gathered in front of the parliament of Georgia on Rustaveli Avenue, demanding repeat parliamentary elections be held. Claiming that the Central Election Commission (CEC) has falsified the results in favour of the ruling Georgian Dream party, opposition politicians are calling on the public to ‘protect their vote’.