Thousands gathered for protest in Tbilisi — photo
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In the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, thousands of people gathered outside the parliament building on Monday evening, October 28, to protest the announced results of the parliamentary elections. Protesters blocked the nearby Rustaveli Avenue.
This was reported by Eurasianet.
The president of Georgia, de facto leader of the opposition, climb to the stage in front Tbilisi parliament during the first anti- government protest after saturday's vote pic.twitter.com/5hQye303mR
— Davide Maria De Luca (@DM_Deluca) October 28, 2024
Protests in Georgia
Georgian President Salomé Zourabichvili spoke at the rally, stating that the votes of those gathered at the elections "were stolen".
"I can swear that I will be with you until the end of the European path, until we reach the doors of Europe, which is our real dream," she said.
One of the leaders of the "Unity — National Movement" party, Giorgi Vashadze, stated at the rally that the opposition demands to repeat elections, which will be held under international control.
Before the rally began, people who gathered near the Georgian parliament booed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. He arrived in Tbilisi to meet with government officials, whom the protest participants accuse of falsifying the parliamentary elections.
As a reminder, in the parliamentary elections in Georgia, the ruling pro-Russian "Georgian Dream" party received over 54% of the vote after counting the results from 3,088 polling stations.
