I do not accept this election. It cannot be accepted, accepting it would be accepting Russia into this country, the acceptance of Georgia’s subordination to Russia,
I applaud the Georgian people who came out to vote en masse despite intimidation. Their wish for a European future must be respected by any Georgian government,
We became witnesses and victims of a Russia special operation,
Against this background, the European Union cannot recognise the result,
He is appeasing Russia, but I see no reason to suggest that he is owned or run by Russia and that’s an important distinction,
Staying in power is an existential matter of survival for Ivanshvili,
It is very simple, Ivanishvili actually does what he says. He promises to outlaw and jail his opponents and have no reason to doubt he will try to do that,
It is tempting for the opposition to dismiss that Ivanishivli’s party has no support, that they completely bought the elections,
I could tell you anything and you wouldn’t be able to check it.”
Bidzina Ivanishvili’s thugs are desperate to cling on to power and will resort to anything to subvert the election process,
We have lost our country today,
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,
European integration, want to move forward and want policies which will bring us a better, more stable, future,
This is election theft, a constitutional coup, and Georgian Dream will answer for it according to Georgian law,
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,
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,
We promised to protect your votes, and I apologize for not identifying this complex scheme earlier,
Georgians won, well done.”
I voted for a change … by a process of elimination,