Georgia’s new parliament held its first session Monday regardless of opposition protests over alleged election fraud and calls from the pro-European president to annul the outcomes.
The parliament’s eleventh convocation convened at 12 p.m. native time (8 a.m. GMT), with key agenda objects together with the certification of the mandates of all members of the nation’s laws and the election of a parliament speaker.
The new composition of the 150-seat parliament was elected throughout a disputed parliamentary election held final month, through which the ruling Georgian Dream occasion gained an 89-seat majority, thus securing a fourth time period in workplace.
Georgian Dream officers, together with Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and the occasion’s honorary chairman, Bidzina Ivanishvili, have welcomed the outcomes.
However, President Salome Zourabichvili stated she didn’t acknowledge the outcomes, alleging that the election was influenced by a “Russian special operation.” Opposition events have labeled the election as “stolen.”
Earlier within the day, Kobakhidze introduced in a press briefing that he nominated Maka Botchorishvili, Anri Okhanashvili and Davit Songhulashvili as the brand new heads of the nation’s Foreign Ministry, Justice Ministry, and Environment and Agriculture Ministry, respectively.
The eleventh convocation will convene amid opposition rallies which have taken place within the heart of Tbilisi since late Sunday to protest the legitimacy of the parliament.
“We warn the participants and organizers of the planned manifestation not to exceed the limits established by the Law on Assembly/Manifestation and to refrain from unlawful actions. Otherwise, the police will take all appropriate legal measures to foil illegal activities,” the Georgian Interior Ministry stated in a press release Sunday.
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