Recounting of votes will begin today in 14% of polling stations in Georgia, where the pro-European opposition accuses the pro-Russian ruling party of fraud and “stole” the parliamentary elections, the election commission announced today. Authorities “will conduct a recount of votes in five polling stations of each electoral district,” according to a statement from the electoral commission. The EU and US have asked Tbilisi to launch investigations into allegations of election irregularities. Responding to a demand by the opposition and Georgian President Salome Zourabishvili, tens of thousands of Georgians demonstrated last night to condemn the result of parliamentary elections won by the party that has ruled the country since 2012. Georgian Dream is accused by the opposition of orienting the country to Moscow. Zurabishvili denounced “sophisticated” methods of irregularities that were similar, according to her, to those followed in Russia. “It’s very difficult to blame a government,” “but the methodology was Russian,” she said […]
Source: News Beast
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