“According to journalists, one of the founders of the opposition television channel Formula, director Georgy Liponava, is among those detained”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to journalists, one of the founders of the opposition television channel Formula, director Georgy Liponava, is among those detained.
After the CEC announced the final results of the elections, several hundred people started a march on Agmashenebeli Avenue and blocked the road. The police demanded that part of the road be cleared. There were clashes between activists and security forces. Several people reported that they were injured and were assisted by medical teams on duty nearby.
It is noted that in the office of the CEC, journalists “noticed the head of special forces, Zviad Kharazishvili, who is under US sanctions due to the violent suppression of peaceful protests.”
Currently, a relatively small group of protesters remains in Agmashenebel. The opposition has announced the next protest action, which will take place on Sunday, November 17, at 19:00 near the Parliament of Georgia.
The opposition has been holding mass protests in Tbilisi every day since the pro-Moscow Georgian Dream party, which has been in power for the past 12 years, declared victory with 54 percent of the vote.
Georgia’s opposition leaders claim that the results were falsified. Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili and international observers, including the OSCE, have also expressed concern, noting cases of voter intimidation, vote bribery and other violations that indicate, in particular, “democratic regression” in the country. Against the background of these accusations, the European Union and the United States called for a thorough investigation of election violations.
All four opposition parties declared their refusal to participate in the work of the new parliament.
The ruling Georgian Dream party denies election fraud and accuses opposition parties and non-governmental organizations of a targeted campaign of slander and misinformation.