By Willy Fautré from Tbilissi – Throughout yesterday’s demonstrations on the parliament, some residents have introduced diplomas – to mark the truth that the “Georgian Dream” presidential candidate, ex-footballer Mikheil Kavelashvili, is only a puppet of the pro-Kremlin social gathering and lacks the wanted training to bear the title of “President of Georgia.”
The protesters said that the continuing presidential elections within the Parliament of Georgia are an illegitimate course of.
President Salome Zurabishvili has additionally arrived at Parliament, and police and particular forces have been mobilized. Ministry of Inside Affairs personnel are stationed within the space surrounded by iron railings in entrance of the constructing.
The police forces are additionally deployed at Freedom Sq., the place water cannon autos are on standby.
Supply: Willy Fautré (HRWF) [email protected]
Contested election of the brand new president
On 14 December, the electoral faculty elected the president of Georgia. Just one candidate, Mikheil Kavelashvili, had been nominated for the place. Opposition events weren’t taking part within the elections as a result of they thought-about them illegitimate.
He’s the primary not directly elected president in Georgia, a place he’ll maintain for 5 years.
The presence of the vast majority of the total composition of the electoral faculty – no less than 151 members – was ample to conduct oblique elections of the president.
The vote of two/3 of the total composition of the collegium – no less than 200 members – is sufficient to elect a president.
The collegium contains 150 members of the parliament, all members of the very best consultant physique of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara – a complete of 21 deputies, all 20 members of the very best consultant physique of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia and 109 members from the town councils.
The Chairman of the Central Election Fee stated 225 members participated within the vote, with 1 poll being invalid.
Kavelashvili obtained 224 votes in his favor. His candidacy was not supported by Ada Marshania, a member of the Supreme Council of Abkhazia, who said that she didn’t approve of Kavelashvili’s candidacy.
The process happened within the Parliament’s plenary session corridor.
The Chairman of the CEC handed over the ultimate protocol to the Speaker of Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, and declared the election course of full.
Amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses to make it extra repressive
This weekend, the Georgian Dream social gathering adopted in a rush amendments that can considerably enhance sanctions for violations that the police often use towards demonstrators.
The brand new laws present for:
- Growing the positive for obstructing site visitors from 1,000 to 2,000 GEL, and suspension of driving privileges for 1 yr;
- Growing the positive for damaging the looks of the town from 50 to 1,000 GEL and a couple of,000 GEL for repeat violations;
- Growing the positive for violating the norms of assemblies and demonstrations from 500 to five,000 GEL and a positive of 15,000 GEL or administrative imprisonment for organizers;
- Unlawful sporting of an MIA uniform, punishable by a positive of two,000 GEL and its confiscation;
- Failure of a mum or dad or different authorized consultant of a kid to boost and educate a minor or to satisfy different duties in direction of him/her. This has been added to the fee of an act offered for in Article 173 of the identical Code (disobedience to a lawful request of a regulation enforcement officer).
The amendments additionally increase the grounds on which an individual may be detained, and their objects or paperwork seized.
The brand new authorities is clearly attempting to intimidate the inhabitants by disproportionately rising sanctions for actions associated to gatherings, demonstrations and protests.
