The inauguration of Georgia’s new president, Mikheil Kavelashvili, is expected to take place today despite the protests of the past several weeks. The outgoing pro-Western president, 72-year-old Salome Zourabishvili, plans to block his inauguration as she does not recognize the legitimacy of Kavelashvili’s election. For weeks, thousands of people have taken to the streets in Georgia every day to demand a return to pro-European policies and a repeat of October’s parliamentary elections, in which the ruling nationalist Georgian Dream party declared victory. Protesters fear the party is too close to Russia and will bring the country even closer to Moscow, decades after it gained independence from the Soviet Union. Zurabishvili insists she will not step down from the presidency, which traditionally has a ceremonial role in Georgia. Georgian Dream nominated former football player Kavelashvili for the presidency. The 53-year-old has been a member of the Georgian Parliament since 2016. The ruling party has frozen negotiations on […]
Source: News Beast
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