Zurabishvili will spend the last night in the presideial palace of Georgia
Georgia’s curre preside, Salome Zurabishvili, said on Saturday that she will stay overnight at the presideial palace in Tbilisi ahead of Preside-elect Mikheil Kavlashvili’s inauguration on Sunday.
According to Isna, Zurabishvili announced in a message: “Greetings from Orbeliani Palace.” I am here, I will be here and I will spend the night here. I will be waiting for you tomorrow (Sunday) at 10:00 AM at Orbeliani Palace. And from here I will tell you how tomorrow will be.”
After Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, leader of the ruling Georgian Dream party, which won October’s parliameary elections, said his governme had decided not to pursue the start of EU accession talks before 2028, withdrawing EU financial support. denies, a wave of opposition protests has swept Georgia in the past few weeks.
According to Novosti, Zurabishvili, who has to vacate the presideial palace on December 29 (Sunday), has so far refused to leave due to “fraud in the elections” and calling the parliame “illegal”.
On Friday, Kobakhidze expressed hope that he would not have to forcibly evict Zurabishvili from the presideial palace, and that he would vacate the building of his own accord after his presideial term ends.
Kobakhidze added: the resigning preside may be prosecuted in two cases; If he announces new parliameary elections or refuses to leave his residence after taking Kavlashvili’s oath.
Kavlashvili was the only candidate who was examined by the coury’s electoral board on December 14 and won 224 votes out of 300.
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