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Bidzina Ivanishvili’s thugs are desperate to cling on to power and will resort to anything to subvert the election process,
Bokuchava, the UNM leader, said as voting was under way The victory was stolen from the Georgian people … We do not accept results of these falsified elections,
Tinatin Bokuchava, leader of the biggest opposition party, United National Movement (UNM), said We have lost our country today,
said Ana Machaidze, a 25-year-old student I don’t know what to do next. I hope we can take to the streets, but if we lose, maybe I will leave abroad,
It is a rare case in the world that the same party achieves such success in such a difficult situation - this is a good indicator of the talent of the Georgian people,
Ivanishvili told cheering supporters on Saturday night European integration, want to move forward and want policies which will bring us a better, more stable, future,
Qristine Tordia, 29, told The Associated Press shortly after voting in Tbilisi This is election theft, a constitutional coup, and Georgian Dream will answer for it according to Georgian law,
said Nika Gvaramia, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Changes Based on analysis of the pre-election environment, widespread manipulation on election day, and unprecedented pressure on voters, we believe that the preliminary results released by the CEC do not reflect the true will of Georgian citizens. We will continue to demand the annulment of these results,
said Londa Toloraia of the NGO coalition "My Voice." We promised to protect your votes, and I apologize for not identifying this complex scheme earlier,
I voted for a change … by a process of elimination,
a 20-year-old first-time voter told VOA on the condition of anonymity We are firm and principled in our stance that this election was stolen, and we won’t accept it. We are moving to continuous protest, organized and coordinated, starting tomorrow. The protest will be in the streets, and we will announce the time and place,
They were not conducted in the proper way as should be expected from a country that has a E.U. candidate status,
Mr. Vujovic said at a briefing with journalists Our victory is impressive and clear — any attempt to talk about manipulations in the context of electronic vote and unprecedented campaign circumstances is bound to fail,
Right now, Georgia is facing an existential choice with two radically different destinations, ... A path that would make Georgia an integral part of Europe and NATO versus a path that would bring Georgia back into Putin’s orbit, where freedom and democracy have no oxygen.”
Dr. Nino Japaridze, senior advisor Edison Research and herself a Georgian, told Newsmax shortly before the balloting began Bidzina has conducted a K.G.B.-style special operation,
said Mamukha Khazaradze, leader of Strong Georgia, one of the opposition groups, in a post on Facebook, referring to Bidzina Ivanishvili, the informal leader of Georgian Dream The Georgian people have cast a vote for the European future of this country, and therefore we will not accept these falsified results published by the Central Election Commission (CEC),
Tina Bokuchava, leader of the United National Movement, told reporters Saturday I'm very disappointed that these are the results. I don't want to believe it."
Voter Irakli Gotsiridze said The Georgians won. Well done
said Margarita Simonyan, the editor of Russian state media outlet RT, which the United States has accused of trying to influence its own presidential election If it turns out that we don’t win, for me that'll be very bad. Because I don’t see another force that will bring peace and stability to our country
Against that backdrop most people will be taking Bidzina Ivanishvili's claims of a government majority with a large bucket of salt.