Opposition in occupied Abkhazia to demand postponement of ‘elections’ if candidate doesn’t recover soon
The opposition ‘presidential candidate’ Aslan Bzhania remains in hospital. Photo: Apsni Nakha.
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The de facto opposition in Georgia’s Russian occupied Abkhazia region will demand the postponement of ‘snap presidential elections’ if their candidate Aslan Bzhania will not recover soon.
Bzhania, who is scheduled to participate in the March 22 ‘elections,’ is undergoing treatment due to alleged food poisoning.
On March 2 he was transported to Sochi hospital ‘in a serious condition,’ Interfax reported.
The de facto authorities of Abkhazia is demanding the investigation of the incident by the Russian Prosecutor's Office 'as it took place on the territory of Russia.'
Bzhania came back to the region on January 9, 2020 during a period of unrest in the region, as he was undergoing treatment in Russia.
He was scheduled to run in the ‘presidential elections’ in Abkhazia also in September 2019. However, he was put out of commission by what he says was a poisoning attempt.
People took to the streets in Abkhazia on January 9,2020 demanding the resignation of already former de facto President Raul Khajimba.
Khajimba announced his resignation on January 12, after his meeting with Bzhania.
The de facto president of Georgia’s Russian-occupied region of Abkhazia, Raul Khajimba, resigned after a meeting with opposition leader Aslan Bzhania late yesterday which was also attended by Deputy Secretary of Russian Security Council Rashid Nurgaliev.Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aide Vladislav Surkov also went to Abkhazia following the statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry that political unrest in Abkhazia was “an internal issue of the republic.”
State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality of Georgia Ketevan Tsikhelashvili said the safety of the population in the Russian-occupied region of Abkhazia is the key priority amid current tension there.
The de facto Supreme Court of the Russian-occupied Georgian region of Abkhazia announced yesterday that the so-called presidential elections in the region on September 8, 2019 were illegitimate and ruled to call for repeat “elections”.
De facto presidential candidate in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region Aslan Bzhania has been transported to Sochi hospital due to alleged food poisoning ‘in a serious condition,’ Interfax reports.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry condemns the ongoing “presidential elections” in the Russia-occupied Georgian region of Abkhazia as “illegal”. The Foreign Ministry said these "elections" fully contradict the fundamental norms and principles of international law and blatantly violate Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The international community does not recognise the so-called “parliamentary elections” in the Russia-occupied Georgian region of Abkhazia. Earlier today, the Georgian Foreign Ministry condemned the Abkhaz “presidential elections” as “illegal”.
The winner of the de facto presidential elections in Georgia’s Russian-occupied region of Abkhazia, Aslan Bzhania, says that Georgia and the Abkhaz need a bilateral format of talks to settle ‘everyday or transborder issues.’
Akhra Avidzba, 34, who fought against Ukrainian forces in the country’s currently Russian occupied region of Donetsk back in 2014, has been appointed ‘foreign relations aide’ to de facto President of Abkhazia Aslan Bzhania.
Russia remains the first partner for Abkhazia, said Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the de-facto President of Russian-occupied Abkhazia Aslan Bzhania earlier today, reports Russian news agency TASS.