Police in tbilisi used heavy-handed tactics against anti-government protesters on tue 11/19‚ detaining several demonstrators who dont accept recent election outcome. Law-enforcement officers used pepper-spray and rough take-downs (dragging some people across pavement) during the confrontation
The ruling party Georgian Dream got 54% of votes in oct 26th election‚ but opposition groups say numbers dont add up; two US-based polling firms claim such results are statistically impossible. Salome Zourabichvili‚ the countryʼs president took legal action by filing a case with constitutional court
Protesters set-up make-shift camp on citys main street for two nights before police cleared them out. The interior ministry claims demonstrators blocked traffic illegally; however they didnt mention any arrests in their statement. Several members of Coalition for Change got injuries during the clean-up
- Georgian Dream faces accusations of having pro-moscow stance
- Opposition says current government blocks EU membership chances
- Three opposition parties want to stop parliament from starting work
- Police detained and later freed some protesters
International watchdogs including OSCE pointed to serious problems with voting process: voter threats‚ money-for-votes schemes and ballot-box stuffing happened during election day. Still they stopped short of calling it completely fake. The situation gets more tense as new parliament session approaches in late nov