Pro-Western opposition supporters are rallying against what they claim was fraud in last month’s election, which was won by the ruling party
Hundreds of Georgian police officers were deployed to the capital, Tbilisi on Monday to secure the parliament building amid protests. The newly elected parliament is scheduled to meet for the first time after last month’s election later in the day.
Late Sunday, pro-Western opposition supporters flocked to the center of Tbilisi to protest the outcome of the parliamentary election, which resulted in victory for the ruling Georgian Dream party. The party, which advocates for pragmatic relations with all neighbors including Russia, won a majority of nearly 54%. Last week, Georgia’s Central Electoral Commission officially ratified the election results. However, the opposition and the country’s pro-Western president, Salome Zourabichvili, refused to recognize the results, claiming that the election was…
