Prosecutors in Georgia say they are investigating allegations of election fraud

30/10/2024 18:54

        State prosecutors in Georgia said on Wednesday they had launched an investigation into opposition allegations of possible falsification at a weekend parliamentary election which the ruling Georgian Dream was declared to have won.
        
        Official results gave Georgian Dream, a party which has deepened ties with Russia, 54% of the vote and a clear majority in parliament after Saturday's vote. But opposition politicians have said they will boycott the chamber in protest at a result they said was illegitimate.
        
        The Prosecutor's Office said in a statement it had summoned Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili, a government critic who has repeatedly said the vote count was falsified but has not provided evidence of that, to testify on Thursday.
        
        Zourabichvili and other opposition figures had cast the vote as a pivotal moment in Georgian history, where the country was choosing between European Union integration with the opposition, or a continuing drift towards Russia under Georgian Dream.