Tbilisi/28.10.13/Turan-BSPRESS : The presidential candidate of the ruling coalition "Georgian Dream " George Margvelashvily is gaining 62.09 % in the elections ,
David Bakradze, from the " United National Movement " ( Saakashvili's party ) gains 21.09 % , said the CEC after the data from 91 % of the sites.
Nino Burjanadze, the party "Democratic Movement - United Georgia" is gaining 10.06%. According to the press speaker of the Central Election Commission of Georgia Eka Azarashvili at a press briefing on Monday, October 28, turnout was 46.6%, or 1,648,000 662.
The inauguration of the new president will take place on November 17.
Under the Constitution, the final results of the elections shall be announced within 20 days after the vote.
Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili will hold a press conference today where he could announce the name of his successor as head of government. He wants to retire from politics and engage in the development of the civil sector. -02D-
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The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OPHRD), a joint program of the World Organization against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has called for the urgent release of activist Rufat Safarov from prison in Azerbaijan. It has launched a campaign in support of the Azerbaijani human rights defender. https://www.omct.org/en/resources/urgent-interventions/arbitrary-detention-and-judicial-harassment-against-rufat-safarov
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This year, the laureate of the annual Nargiz Prize, awarded for efforts in the fight for democracy, was Akif Gurbanov, chairman of the board of the Resplatforma (Platform of the III Republic) movement, who is under arrest.
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The U.S. will prohibit the issuing of visas for nearly a dozen more individuals responsible for undermining democracy in Georgia, bringing the total number to over 100, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has expressed condolences to the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, following the tragic incident in the city of Magdeburg. "We are deeply shocked by the news of the deaths and injuries resulting from the tragic incident that took place at the Christmas market in Magdeburg," the message reads.
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