“Clashes broke out between the police and the participants of the anti-government action at the rally site”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
Clashes broke out between the police and the participants of the anti-government action at the rally, the journalists noted.
Subsequently, the country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that all six protesters who were detained at the rally on Rustaveli Avenue on December 29 have been released.
The inauguration ceremony of Mikheil Kavelashvili took place on December 29 at 11 a.m. Tbilisi time. At the same time, representatives of European countries and the USA were not invited to the ceremony.
In the morning, the opposition president of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, voluntarily left the presidential palace.
According to the Constitution of Georgia, Zurabishvili’s duties were supposed to end after the swearing in of the new president. However, Zurabishvili herself and opposition politicians do not recognize Kavelashvili as the sixth president of Georgia.
The Georgian opposition has expressed its readiness to physically protect Zurabishvili in the residence on Atoneli, and the ruling Georgian Dream party has threatened Zurabishvili with prison if she refuses to leave her post or tries to dissolve the parliament.
On Saturday, December 14, the electoral college of Georgia elected the president of the country. Mikheil Kavelashvili won the presidential elections in Georgia, the legitimacy of which is not recognized by the current head of state and the opposition.
Kavelashvili, a former football player and representative of the People’s Power party, which formally broke away from the ruling party, was the only candidate. He is 53 years old, without a higher education. Kavelashvili is a football veteran who started his career in Lokomotiv Tbilisi, then moved to Dynamo, where he became a six-time champion of Georgia. In 1995, he moved to the Vladikavkaz club “Spartak-Alania”, and in 1996 to “Manchester City” (28 matches, 3 goals). He also played for clubs in Switzerland. He played 46 matches for the Georgian national team, scoring 9 goals.