Opposition calls for protests as Georgia’s ruling party claims election victory
Georgia’s ruling party won the largest share of votes in the country’s parliamentary election on Saturday according to preliminary results dismissed by the opposition, which called on its supporters to take to the streets in protest. Georgian Dream, run by Bidzina Ivanishvili — a Russian-made billionaire who has no formal government role — appeared to be on course for a third consecutive term in office. The electoral commission said the party had won 48.1 per cent of the vote with almost all the ballots counted. A senior party official said from the results he believed Georgian Dream could “form the...
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