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Georgia's President Refuses to Step Down Amid Controversy Over Allegedly Illegitimate Election Outcome

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Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has announced that she will not leave office next month, defying the prime minister's demand that she step down. The dispute is centered on the process of electing her successor, with the president claiming that parliament has no right to elect her successor. In response, the prime minister, Irakli Kobakhidze, has accused pro-EU opposition forces of plotting a "revolution" and has suspended Georgia's EU accession talks for four years, calling it "blackmail" by the bloc. Thousands of Georgians have been protesting for the past three nights, with the president rallying with them. The protests are largely in support of EU membership, which is constitutionally enshrined in Georgia.

  1. GE
    Irakli Kobakhidze
    Georgian Dream
    1. Our state target is to make Georgia an EU member in 2030 and we will spare no efforts for it. It is unacceptable for us to consider integration with the EU as a favor that the European Union should grant us.
    2. In Georgia, the Maidan scenario cannot be realised. Georgia is a state, and the state will not, of course, permit this.
  2. GE
    Salome Zourabichvili
    Independent
    1. There is no legitimate parliament and, therefore, an illegitimate parliament cannot elect a new president. Thus, no inauguration can take place, and my mandate continues until a legitimately elected parliament is formed.
    2. The people are not going to accept that (the ruling party) tries to take Georgia back into Russia.
    3. We have seen happening in the country — which is a country where we do not have any longer independent institutions, not the courts, not the Central Bank, and not, of course, the parliament.
    4. We have been moving more and more rapidly into a quasi-Russian model.
    5. Georgia has been always resisting Russian influence and will not accept having its vote stolen and its destiny stolen.
    6. I'm offering this stability for the transition, because what these people on the streets are demanding is a call for new elections in order to restore this country and its European path.
  3. US
    US State Department
    1. The Georgian people overwhelmingly support integration with Europe.
    2. We call on all sides to ensure protests remain peaceful.
  4. US
    Matthew Miller
    US State Department
    1. We condemn excessive force used against Georgians rightfully protesting this betrayal of their constitution – EU is a bulwark against Kremlin.
    2. We have therefore suspended our Strategic Partnership with Georgia.
  5. GE
    Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
    1. My country hurts, my people hurt – it's painful and emotional to watch the videos that are circulating, stop the violence and aggression! Georgia deserves Europe today more than ever!

Russia-Georgia Ties

  1. Mikheil Kavelashvili sworn in as Georgia's president
  2. Georgia elects Mikheil Kavelashvili as president, raising concerns over country's alignment with European Union
  3. Georgia Protests Continue Amid Government Decision to Delay EU Membership Bid

sources

  1. 1.The Guardian
  2. 2.CTV News
  3. 3.BBC
  4. 4.CNA News
  5. 5.DW News
  6. 6.CGTN
  7. 7.The New York Times
  8. 8.The Times of India
  9. 9.CNN
  10. 10.France 24
  11. 11.Al Jazeera
  12. 12.Le Monde

perspectives

  1. 1.Russian Foreign Policy
  2. 2.Protests
  3. 3.Authoritarianism
  4. 4.Espionage
  5. 5.European Commission under Ursula von der Leyen
  6. 6.Electoral Fraud
  7. 7.Freedom of the press
  8. 8.Hungary under Viktor Orbán
  9. 9.Enlargement of the European Union

countries

  1. 1.BulgariaBG
  2. 2.ItalyIT
  3. 3.LithuaniaLT
  4. 4.NetherlandsNL
  5. 5.Russian FederationRU
  6. 6.UkraineUA
  7. 7.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.Georgian DreamGE
  2. 2.European Union
  3. 3.EU Parliament
  4. 4.TBC bank
  5. 5.US State DepartmentUS
  6. 6.Krem­linRU
  7. 7.Bank of Georgia
  8. 8.Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
  9. 9.FacebookUS

persons

  1. 1.Irakli KobakhidzeGE
  2. 2.Salome ZourabichviliGE
  3. 3.Bidzina IvanishviliGE
  4. 4.Levan Ioseliani
  5. 5.Tina KhidasheliGE
  6. 6.Zurab Tsertsvadze
  7. 7.Khvicha KvaratskheliaGE
  8. 8.Lasha Bugadze
  9. 9.Matthew MillerUS

technicals

  1. 1.Black Sea
  2. 2.Central Bank
  3. 3.Orthodox Christmas
  4. 4.Soviet Union