The government-run Fiscalía de Georgia is launching an investigation into alleged electoral fraud.

The Fiscal Service of Georgia has started an investigation into the fact el presumonto election fraud According to the opposition and the country's president, he would play a key role in the victory of the populist Sueño Georgiano (SG) party. According to the official results, SG revalidó the absolute majority After 12 years in power, he even increased his vote to 54%, six points higher than the last election and almost 10 points higher than what media polls had given him. The investigation was launched at the request of the Central Election Commission (CEC) to address what it considers “strong attacks and unwarranted criticism” and will focus on evaluating complaints about secret ballot violations, verification failures and electoral malpractices. calculations.

The first person called to testify is the head of state Salome Zurabishvili As a result, you can get resultstachándolos de “robo” and de “operación rusa”. “According to the declaration of the CEC and the information published in the mass media, Zurabishvili can bring evidence that fraud was committed in the 2024 parliamentary elections. That's why he was summoned for questioning on October 31,” Fiscalia confirms. in communication. This call is a double-edged sword, as the president himself has made it clear that the non-recognition of the results is based on reports from local, international and opposition observers rather than on the evidence in hand.

The opposition does not believe in the investigation initiated by the Fiscal. “Sueño Georgiano He united the state and almost all its institutionsFiscalia among them. Hence, the Fiscal's investigation of the rigging allowed by the Election Commission is ridiculous. Therefore institución internacionales se involucren exigimos que en la investigation”, criticizes Nino Dolidze of the opposition party Droa, explaining that his training has shared evidence of fraud with “western partners”. they would arrest someone”. Presentation 98% no receipt answer”, rejected the positive portavoz of Milli Unido: “Because of international control. Porque el Gobierno can not do any wrong investigation”.

The Association of Young Lawyers of Georgia, which monitors the elections, submitted a request to cancel the results of 2263 electoral colleges (out of 3111) that used the electronic voting management system, claiming that secret voting was violated. The association claimed that the election, which was reported in many newspapers, was seen when voters entered it into the cars, and Sueño Georgiano installed video cameras to record it. On Monday, the My Vote watchdog platform also called for the annulment of results in 189 colleges, representing about 300,000 voters (10% of the total vote), because they allowed “systematic abuses”, including intimidation, comparative votes, to voters. people who deposit more than one paper and vote more than once.

The CEC has already rejected two petitions by the opposition regarding the data protection law: one is that international experts conduct a forensic analysis of the voting machines; Another is that a database is published where every citizen can check when and where they voted and confirm that their ID has been used by someone else. Before the elections, various organizations, member-run state recogiendo carnets de la población, cancel their members, especially in rural areas and their functions.

Western pressures

Just a few hours before the announcement of the fiscal, US President Joe Biden criticized the election in the Caucasus country for being overshadowed by law violations and demanded the Executive Power, which receives significant funding from America, but whose members face sanctions. due to the anti-democratic measures adopted in recent years – they are “investigating form transparency”. In a message this Wednesday, pledging to “restore” contacts with the EU and the EU after months of disagreements, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze congratulated the CEC and Fiscalia for opening an investigation and said his government “takes seriously the calls of Western politicians” to address violations. they asked to review. In return, Secretary General of the SG Kakha Kaladze accused the American president: “There is no puede sir Biden who evaluates the elections or the legitimacy of the government.”

The US and the EU continue to be in contact to coordinate their response to the situation in Georgia. At present, the results have been recognized by Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Venezuela, Turkey, and therefore China. From EU, Hungary onlyits prime minister, pro-Russian and ultra-conservative Viktor Orban, visited Tbilisi this week. On the other hand, while the Swedish government continues to fund civil society organizations (Canada is considering a similar measure) and some European governments have pressured them, it has announced that it will temporarily sever all ties with the Georgian government. not recognizing los resultados.

“Aparte de Orban, el resto de la UE está bastente de acuerdo en qué hacer,” according to a diplomatic source consulted by this newspaper. The challenge is to assess the extent of the fraud – some analyzes argue that while punishing electoral manipulation, the SG could have won because the celebration of clean and democratic elections is a necessary condition of the accession process. Despite this, Georgia received candidate status Agree with “ley rusa” de la llamada. The question is how to do this and prevent the majority of the pro-European country from falling further under Moscow's influence. The defense, however, should be clearly stated: “Georgia's economy has a 10% annual creciendo problem.”

The opposition demands a firm stance from the West against the government to end its strategy, which delegitimizes the new Parliament and calls for new elections under international supervision. “Si nos mantenemos unidos, con protestas y comunicación Conccidente con Occidente, y somos persistente, su regime empezará agrietarse.” SG no puede mantener la presión interna y externa en un escenario de blanco y zegro, donde sí pueden survivir es en las zonas grises”, confirms the opposition source.