Police escorts UNM MP Tsitlidze out of Zugdidi polling station
During the day, several confrontations took place at Zugdidi electoral district. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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MP Ani Tsitlidze from the opposition United National Movement (UNM) party has been escorted by the police out of Zugdidi’s 21st polling station.
The incident reportedly took place after the UNM’s election commission member, two journalists, and an NGO representative got kicked out of the station.
Another UNM representative, Nene Dalakishvili, claims that she was physically assaulted by the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) supporter at Zugdidi’s 26th polling station.
Dalakishvili said that she was trying to film the so-called voting carousels, when she got attacked by the GD supporter.
The ruling party’s majoritarian MP Irakli Chikovani says that he hasn’t seen the incident occur, but if it actually happened, Dalakishvili should report it to the police.
During the day, several confrontations took place at Zugdidi electoral district. GD mayoral candidate Mamuka Tsotseria accused the UNM activists for staging provocations, while the police detained five people following a physical assault near the 20th polling station.
Anzor Melia from the UNM is running against Tsotseria at Zugdidi mayoral elections. At the first round of elections, Melia received 46.88% of the total votes, while Tsotseria got 41.15%.
A total of 825,129 voters (39.5 per cent of eligible voters) have cast their ballots in the Georgian municipal run-offs as of 5 p.m. today.
Five people have been detained for physical assault near polling station No. 20 in the western Georgian town of Zugdidi, the Interior Ministry reports. The ministry representative Ketevan Kovziashvili has informed the public of the activities aimed to ensure safe and peaceful environment during the municipal run-offs.
Police have detained several people amid physical confrontations at Zugdidi electoral district. Zugdidi mayoral candidate from the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party Mamuka Tsotseria accused the United National Movement (UNM) activists of staging provocations.
The second round of municipal elections will take place in Georgia tomorrow, including in all big cities of the country, amid a polarized political environment and continued rivalry between the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party and the main opposition, the United National Movement. The GD claims they will ‘finally defeat and end the UNM’ in the race, describing it ‘as an evil force’ which has been hampering development for 18 years, while the UNM still hopes the run-offs will lead to snap parliamentary elections ‘and the changing of the GD government.’
Head of the Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA) Nika Simonishvili has called on the Ministry of Internal Affairs to timely investigate the attacks on journalists and observers of GYLA.
Tbilisi mayor candidate from the United National Movement (UNM) Nika Melia and the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party members Beka Davituliani and Giorgi Amilakhvari have clashed at the polling station in Vazisubani district in Tbilisi earlier today due to a power outage at the spot.
Eight cases of alleged violations and breaking of law are under investigation by the interior ministry, with one individual arrested, as clashes at or outside polling stations across Georgia have been reported on municipal runoff day.