President of Georgia H.E. Salome Zourabichvili Rejects Election Results

21:00 Tbilisi time,

October 27, 2024

President of Georgia,

Atoneli Residence, Tbilisi, Georgia

“Nothing can make these elections legitimate” - President of Georgia, H.E. Salome Zourabichvili.

On the second day of the October 26 parliamentary elections, the President of Georgia, H.E. Salome Zourabichvili held a briefing and said that she would not recognize the official results of the official elections.
She thanked all the voters, observers and media, who did everything to protect the votes in difficult circumstances.

“We witnessed something very unusual: this was a total falsification, a total stealing of votes, using all the tricks that can be used to falsify elections, and on top of that – the use of modern technologies to whitewash the elections”.

“We were witnesses and victims of a Russian special operation, a new type of hybrid warfare waged against our people”.

“On that day we were deprived of the right to vote. These were Russian elections, they stole the electoral institution from us, and they stole our constitutional right to vote, including from our emigrants”.

“I am grateful to our international partners who exposed the violations,” she said, but noted that it was not enough.

“I want to say, as the [representative of] only independent institution, that I don’t recognize these elections. These elections cannot be recognized. We won’t accept this”. She added: “We are going to stand together and say: We will not accept this new form of subjugation by Russia”.

The President called on citizens to gather on Rustaveli Avenue on October 28 and “tell each other and the world that we don’t recognize these elections, we defend our constitutional right and every vote and our future. It is our right to have just, free, and fair elections. This will be a symbolic act to show the world our will”.

President of Georgia, H.E. Salome Zourabichvili called on international partners to stand by the Georgians.