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The elections took place in a calm and free environment."
The Georgians won. Well done.”
Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of Russian propaganda broadcaster RT, posted on X The people of Georgia know what is best for their country, and made their voice heard today!”
We declare that we will not recognise the results of these stolen elections,
said Tina Bokuchava, chairperson of the main opposition party United National Movement 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 This is an attempt to steal Georgia’s future,
Georgian Dream will not stay in power,
For me, it’s not a country I want to live in,
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." 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 Oligarch Ivanishvili stole the victory from the Georgian people and thereby stole the European future. On behalf of the Unity-National Movement, we declare that we do not accept the results of the elections,
Tina Bokuchava, party leader, said 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,
For the first time, we used special voter verification equipment and can confidently say that the elections were held successfully,
I'm very disappointed that these are the results. I don't want to believe it."
Voter Irakli Gotsiridze said 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
I think there will be temptation for him to cling on power, but the lead of opposition is so significant that he will have to accept defeat,
she said, confident that the ruling party had lost as predicted by an Edison Research exit poll We’ve witnessed ballot-stuffing attempts where the perpetrators were discovered, ran away, and then simply waited for observers to leave before trying again,
We are seeing very encouraging data from regions and cities, especially Tbilisi, for Georgian Dream,
said Mamuka Mdinaradze, the party’s parliamentary leader, prior to the polls closing