Republican Joe Wilson, Chairman of the US Congressional Helsinki Commission, has shared details of a telephone conversation with Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili, stating that he agrees with her on the necessity of calling new parliamentary elections.
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“I Had a good call with Georgia’s President Salome Zourabichvili. In this moment of political crisis, she is the only legitimate leader of the country. I agree with her - the only way forward for Georgia is a new election. The people of Georgia deserve a government that represents them,” Joe Wilson wrote on Platform X.
The Georgian President responded to the US Congressman on X, thanking him for his support: “Thank you for this so valuable support to the Georgian people’s indestructible will and determination to restore its Euro-Atlantic path through the only known political and democratic solution: new elections!”
Salome Zourabichvili stated during a briefing at Orbeliani Palace today that the OSCE/ODIHR final report on the parliamentary elections provides the foundation for calling new elections. She emphasized the need to exert “all kinds of pressure,” both domestically and internationally, to compel Bidzina Ivanishvili, the honorary chairman of Georgian Dream, to call elections. Zourabichvili also expressed her readiness to meet with Ivanishvili.
Protests have continued in Tbilisi for the 24th consecutive day, with the primary demand of citizens being the holding of new parliamentary elections.
The demonstrations, attended by thousands, began after Georgian Dream, declared the winner of the elections, decided on November 28 to suspend Georgia’s EU accession process.
