Protests in central Tbilisi have become quite large, after which the law enforcement agencies have, through their utmost efforts, brought protests to a much calmer level. Streets are now able to move properly, which has largely alleviated public transport woes.
Traffic has now been restored on main roads, footage from a Georgian TV station showed.
Earlier, protests began on Chavchavadze Avenue outside Tbilisi State University. By morning, police had moved the protesters towards Melikishvili Avenue.
Opposition leader Zurab Zaparidze called on participants to leave and rest. He promised to announce plans for more protests during the day. Streets are currently being cleared, and traffic has resumed throughout the area.
Movement began with rejection of election results. On Saturday, November 16, the Central Election Commission of Georgia announced the final results of the October 26 parliamentary elections.
The ruling party, Georgian Dream, won with 53.93% of the vote, taking 89 of the 150 parliamentary seats.
On the other hand, four opposition parties also entered parliament but refused to take their seats, rejecting the results.
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Parties are not ready to accept this election in any way. They have said that this election was not fair at all, there is a lot of rigging and fraud in the election, due to which they are not ready to accept this election for any reason. Demands an international investigation and new elections.
Georgia Prosecutor‘s Office has already launched an investigation into alleged election fraud.
