Natia Mezvrishvili, the deputy chairman of the Gakharia for Georgia party, responded to the initiation of the investigation by the prosecutor's office concerning the parliamentary elections, following an appeal from the Central Election Commission.
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"What do you look like, what, the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia? When will Ivanishvili be summoned for treason against the state? When will you call Papuashvili regarding the threats? When will you begin investigating attacks on people, violence, and surveillance? This investigation and this summons will go down in history as the most disgraceful, and it hurts my heart that you are doing this," wrote Natia Mezvrishvili, who was an employee of the prosecutor's office for many years, on Facebook.
Based on yesterday's appeal from the Central Election Commission (CEC), the prosecutor's office initiated a criminal case under the article on election fraud and summoned President Salome Zourabichvili for an interview tomorrow, October 31. The General Prosecutor's Office explained that Salome Zourabichvili "must have evidence regarding the possible falsification of the 2024 parliamentary elections." The president's administration has not yet responded to this issue.
On October 29, the election administration announced that the accusations of "alleged falsification" of the elections by the president and representatives of opposition political parties have already reached a wide scale, which "requires a complex and objective investigation."
As per CEC data, Georgian Dream received almost 54% of the votes in the parliamentary elections. The legitimacy of this result is not recognized by the opposition parties that crossed the threshold: Coalition for Change (11%), Unity - National Movement (10%), Strong Georgia (8.8%), and Gakharia for Georgia (7.7%). One of their main demands is for an international investigation. On October 28, at a rally held on Rustaveli Avenue, the opposition voiced their demand for new elections to be conducted by the International Election Administration. President Salome Zourabichvili also believes that the elections were "totally falsified." According to her, "all known resources of forgery" were used, including new technologies.
