The mandate will continue until there is a legitimately elected parliament, said Salome Zurabishvili.
The President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili will not resign her powers, because the elected parliament is illegitimate. He said this in a video message to the Georgian people on Saturday, November 30.
“I will remain your president. No legitimate parliament can elect a new president, and my mandate continues until there is a legally elected parliament that elects someone in my place. said .
Zurabishvili added that tomorrow he will hold a meeting with representatives of the public and political parties.
“Together we lead the political process that you lead outside, on the streets and in different spheres of society, together we will do the work, imagine the future that we are about to achieve thanks to the new elections,” said the president.
As you know, the power of Salomi Zurabishvili should end on December 16 of this year. Previously, the pro-government Georgian Dream announced that the election for a new president of Georgia will take place on December 14, and the inauguration on December 29. This party plans to endorse former football player and deputy Mikheil Kavelashvili , known for his anti-Western rhetoric, as president.
Salome Zurabishvili was the last directly elected president of Georgia. The new head of state must be elected by a panel of 300 people. These are 150 parliamentary deputies and 150 regional delegates.
Currently, only 89 Georgian Dream deputies are represented in the parliament. The opposition believes that the election was rigged and does not participate in the work of the legislative body. Meanwhile, mass protests continue in the streets of Tbilisi.
Two days ago, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced that Georgia would abandon EU accession negotiations until 2028. This led to renewed vigor in the protests.
Source: korrespondent
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