Elections in Georgia: International investigation of the result requested by the country’s president

International pressures and research on them are being asked by the president, Salome Zurabisvili. The polls won the pro-Russian party “Georgian Dream”. Georgia’s president, Salome Zurabishvili asked Tuesday (29.10.2024) for an international investigation into the outcome of the October 26 parliamentary elections, which she denounces as being illegitimate. The Election Commission declared the ruling pro-Russian party “Georgian Dream” a winner of the election with 54%. The coalition pro-Western opposition rejected the election result announced and thousands of its followers protested in front of the seat of parliament in Tbilisi on October 28. “The election was stolen,” said pro-European Georgian president on the Rfi radio network. But when asked about the possibility of a partial recount of votes by the Electoral Commission, Salome Zurabisvili appeared cautious: “…I expect nothing from the Electoral Commission, which is completely in the hands of the party in power.” Photo REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze “But a road, with the help and support of our European and American partners … would be supported by an international investigation,” he said calling for “very strong pressure from the international community on the principles (of Georgia) to accept the real and complete review of the results” of the elections. Another possibility would be, according to the president, to resume the elections. Following detailed analysis of alleged electrooral fraud (involving voter integration and vote-buying) in by local, independent election observers, people took to the streets of Tbilisi to protect against what increasingly looks like an illegimate election result. — Kety Abashidze (@Abashidze_Kety) 📍Tbilisi right now 🇪🇺🇬🇪 Credit: Ezz Gaber — Irma Korkia (@crypto_Irma) 🇬🇪🇪🇺🇬🇪🇪🇺Tbilisi, October 20 — Mari Gabadze (@Gabadze1Mari) Salome Zurabishvili, for which the election result is the result of a “special Russian operation”, believes the ruling party raised about 40% of the vote, as the two exit polles predicted that the pro-European opposition secures the majority of seats in parliament.