Zourabishvili: “Is the only legitimate president”
Georgia’s incumbent President Salome Zurabishvili gave a speech to thousands of supporters gathered outside the parliament building in the capital Tbilisi on Sunday, AFP reports.
In the speech, she emphasized that she is “the country’s only legitimate president” and stated that she does not intend to step aside when Mikheil Kavelashvili from the far-right Georgian Dream party is sworn in. However, she intends to move out of the presidential residence, she announced.
“I will leave the presidential palace and stand with you, and I carry with me the legitimacy, the flag and your trust,” she said, according to the news agency.
Georgian Dream has been accused of rigging this autumn’s presidential election in Mikheil Kavelashvili’s favor and abandoning its EU ambitions in favor of moving closer to Russia.
Despite criticism: Kavelashvili sworn in as new president
Mikheil Kavelashvili was sworn in as the new president of Georgia on Sunday, despite criticism and protests that the presidential election last fall was rigged.
Kavelashvili, a far-right politician, EU critic and former footballer, was sworn in just moments after outgoing President Salome Zurabishvili said he lacked legitimacy, writes AFP.
In a speech to the thousands of protesters gathered outside the parliament building in Tbilisi ahead of the presidential transition, she said she would not step aside, even if she will move out of the presidential palace.
Demonstrators gather in Tbilisi ahead of the presidential transition
Thousands of protesters have gathered outside the parliament building in the Georgian capital Tbilisi waiting for a speech by President Salome Zurabishvili, ahead of the swearing in of the controversial president-elect Mikheil Kavelashvili, reports AFP.
The news agency's reporter witnesses protesters waving EU flags and chanting "Georgia."
Kavelashvili and his far-right Georgian Dream party have been accused of rigging the October presidential election. Incumbent President Salome Zurabishvili has said she will not step aside, instead calling for a rerun.
Protesters have lined the streets across the country for much of the year, with opponents of Georgian Dream accusing the party of pushing Tbilisi closer to Moscow than the EU.
Georgia’s incumbent President Salome Zurabishvili gave a speech to thousands of supporters gathered outside the parliament building in the capital Tbilisi on Sunday, AFP reports.
In the speech, she emphasized that she is “the country’s only legitimate president” and stated that she does not intend to step aside when Mikheil Kavelashvili from the far-right Georgian Dream party is sworn in. However, she intends to move out of the presidential residence, she announced.
“I will leave the presidential palace and stand with you, and I carry with me the legitimacy, the flag and your trust,” she said, according to the news agency.
Georgian Dream has been accused of rigging this autumn’s presidential election in Mikheil Kavelashvili’s favor and abandoning its EU ambitions in favor of moving closer to Russia.
Despite criticism: Kavelashvili sworn in as new president
Mikheil Kavelashvili was sworn in as the new president of Georgia on Sunday, despite criticism and protests that the presidential election last fall was rigged.
Kavelashvili, a far-right politician, EU critic and former footballer, was sworn in just moments after outgoing President Salome Zurabishvili said he lacked legitimacy, writes AFP.
In a speech to the thousands of protesters gathered outside the parliament building in Tbilisi ahead of the presidential transition, she said she would not step aside, even if she will move out of the presidential palace.
Demonstrators gather in Tbilisi ahead of the presidential transition
Thousands of protesters have gathered outside the parliament building in the Georgian capital Tbilisi waiting for a speech by President Salome Zurabishvili, ahead of the swearing in of the controversial president-elect Mikheil Kavelashvili, reports AFP.
The news agency's reporter witnesses protesters waving EU flags and chanting "Georgia."
Kavelashvili and his far-right Georgian Dream party have been accused of rigging the October presidential election. Incumbent President Salome Zurabishvili has said she will not step aside, instead calling for a rerun.
Protesters have lined the streets across the country for much of the year, with opponents of Georgian Dream accusing the party of pushing Tbilisi closer to Moscow than the EU.
Inga kommentarer:
Skicka en kommentar