Ruling party MP rejects opposition’s early elections call, says vote set for 2024
The ruling party MP said election timescales in the country were “decided by the people”, and added opposition members “always appealed” to international partners with requests of support, while the latter supported “Georgia and its Euro-Atlantic integration”, not political parties. Photo: Parliament of Georgia.
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Parliamentary elections in Georgia will be held in 2024 in “fair, equal, democratic conditions”, Gia Tsagareishvili, an MP from the ruling Georgian Dream party, said on Thursday in response to calls from the United National Movement opposition party for an early vote in the country.
Whenever they [UNM] have a hard time, the topic of early elections is brought up. Added to this is the [UNM demand] of the former President Saakashvili's release from prison, which is directly linked to the issue of early Parliamentary elections,” Tsagareishvili said.
The ruling party MP said election timescales in the country were “decided by the people”, and added opposition members “always appealed” to international partners with requests of support, while the latter supported “Georgia and its Euro-Atlantic integration”, not political parties.
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