Leaders of opposition unions, Mamuka Khazaradze and Zurab Japaridze, were summoned by the General Prosecutor's Office for questioning. This case pertains to the investigation initiated based on the appeal of the Central Election Commission regarding the possible falsification of the parliamentary elections.
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"I was called by the General Prosecutor's Office; they are summoning me as a witness for questioning. I will bring evidence of election fraud and see how Bidzina's obedient prosecutor's office behaves. We will win everywhere!" wrote Khazaradze, the founder of the Strong Georgia coalition, on Facebook.
Zurab Japaridze, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change, has been summoned to appear on November 6 at 13:00. It is unclear whether he will attend the investigative agency or not.
The Central Election Commission announced on October 29 that the accusations of "alleged fraud" in the elections by the president and representatives of opposition political parties have escalated to a significant scale, which "requires a complex and objective investigation." The very next day, the prosecutor's office initiated a criminal case under the election fraud statute, with the first individual summoned for questioning being President Salome Zourabichvili. Zourabichvili refused to appear at the prosecutor's office and called on the investigative agency to "cease from settling political scores with the President."
The prosecutor's office also summoned Natia Mezvrishvili, the deputy chairman of the Gakharia for Georgia party. She stated that the investigation is "fake" and its only purpose is to establish that the elections were not rigged. Accordingly, Mezvrishvili will not attend the investigative body. The same decision was made by the spokesperson of the monitoring organizations coalition, My Vote, Londa Toloraia.
As per the data from the Central Election Commission of Georgia, Georgian Dream received 53.93% of the votes in the October 26 parliamentary elections. The legitimacy of this result is not recognized by the opposition parties that crossed the threshold, which received votes distributed as follows:
- Coalition for Change (11.037% of votes)
- United National Movement (10.164%)
- Strong Georgia (8.814%)
- Gakharia for Georgia (7.771%)
President Salome Zourabichvili also believes that the elections were "totally falsified" and that Georgia has become "a Russian special operation."
