Three Azerbaijanis Become Members of New Parliament of Georgia

Baku / 03.11.20 / Turan: According to preliminary data from the CEC of Georgia following the October 31 elections to the parliament of this country, in 14 districts in the regions, the majoritarian candidates of the Georgian Dream gain more than 50% of the votes, which means the victory of the ruling party in the first round. In the remaining eight districts in the regions and eight districts in Tbilisi, the second rounds will be held to determine the winners. According to the legislation, they should be appointed for November 21st.

Three Azerbaijanis entered the parliament of Georgia of the 10th convocation. The head of the executive power of Marneuli Zaur Dargalli was elected from the ruling Georgian Dream party by majority vote in the Marneuli-Gardabani constituency. A member of the parliamentary majority in the previous convocation, Savalan Mirzoyev, received a new mandate on a proportional basis (according to party lists). Candidate and businessman Abdulla Ismailov was elected on the proportional list of the opposition United National Movement party. Actor and singer Vakhtang Kikabidze, who became a deputy, is listed as the first on the list of candidates from this list (the Power in Unity bloc).

The opposition, headed by M. Saakashvili's National Movement party, accused the authorities of falsifying the voting results. The opposition bloc United National Movement - Power in Unity, which came to the Georgian parliament following the elections, refused to enter the parliament. This was announced by one of the leaders of the party, Nika Melia, reports the Georgian First Channel.

“We made a decision, like other opposition political parties, not to enter parliament, which has nothing to do with politics,” he said. The opposition demands new elections.

Seven parties announced the boycott of parliament earlier: Girchi, Lelo for Georgia, European Georgia, Labor Party, Agmashenebeli Strategy and Citizens bloc, Sputnik-Georgia reports.

The opposition declared the elections rigged and held a large-scale protest on November 1 demanding a re-run of the elections. On November 8, a large rally of dissatisfied Georgian parties will be held in Tbilisi, with the participation of residents of the country's provinces.

International observers declared the legality of the elections. Discovered flaws do not affect the final result of the vote - this is the conclusion of the observers.

On October 31, Bidzina Ivanishvili carried out a brutal operation against democracy, said Tina Khidasheli, the former Defense Minister.

The Georgian Dream reportedly tripled the administrative resource and salaries, thereby increasing the number of stable voters, Jam-news.net reports.

“These elections were rigged even before the elections themselves. The ruling power has an excessive advantage in administrative resources, which is the main reason for this result. Now the opposition must play its part correctly. The opposition has leverage, which consists in the refusal of mandates in parliament. That is, if two-thirds of parliamentarians do not recognize the legitimacy of the parliament, then it will be pragmatically true and fair,” said Shota Digmelashvili from the Shame movement.

The parliamentary elections were held in the country on October 31. 48 parties and two opposition blocs fought for 150 deputy mandates. As a result of processing 100% of the votes in the elections, the ruling Georgian Dream party won more than others - 48%.

The United National Movement - Power in Unity of ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili came in second with 27.12% of the vote. Seven parties and two blocs were elected to parliament.

The voter turnout was 56.11%. 1 970 540 voters expressed their position in the elections. And 1,555,483 voters did not come to the polling stations.  –0-----