(25 Nov 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tbilisi, Georgia - 25 November 2024
1. Various of protesters banging on Parliament's metal door
2. Protester with gas mask putting hand in black paint and leaving marks on metal door
3. Various of protesters outside Parliament
4. Close Georgian, EU and Ukrainian flags waving
5. Protesters carrying tent
6. Wide of protest
STORYLINE:
Protesters expressed anger as the newly elected Georgian parliament opened its inaugural session on Monday.
Opposition lawmakers and the country's ceremonial president stayed away and thousands of protesters rallied outside, accusing the ruling party of rigging the vote under Russian influence.
The Oct. 26 election that kept the Georgian Dream party in power was widely seen as a referendum on the country’s effort to join the European Union.
Opposition parties refused to participate in Monday's parliamentary activities, and only 88 Georgian Dream members were in the hall as the 150-seat parliament held its first session.
President Salome Zourabichvili, who has rejected the official results and refused to recognize the parliament’s legitimacy, didn’t attend the opening session.
The Central Election Commission said Georgian Dream won about 54% of the vote in October. Its leaders have rejected opposition claims of fraud.
European election observers said the election took place in a “divisive” atmosphere marked by instances of bribery, double voting and physical violence.
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