Presidential elections were held in Georgia. As expected, the victory was won by the only candidate Mikhail Kavelashvili.
The elections were preceded by an extremely tense situation in the capital of the republic, where after the parliamentary elections the opposition permanently brings people to rallies, seeking to change the results of the elections by force, which were won by the ruling Georgian Dream party. A frank demarche was announced by the current president Salome Zurabishvili, who not only does not recognize the results of the parliamentary elections, calls on the Georgian society to disobey the authorities and participate in Maidan-type protests, but also refused to resign the presidency and leave the post, citing the fact that only she is the "only legal bearer of power" in the country.
Madam President also refused to take part in the current elections, even without putting up her candidacy with the help of opposition parliamentary parties, which also ignored the elections. They referred to the illegitimacy of the parliament, which means that the presidential elections, which have been held under a new procedure since this year, are illegitimate. For the first time, the head of state was elected by a special electoral college consisting of members of parliament, members of legislative assemblies of autonomies and regional representative bodies. In total, the board was supposed to be 300 electors. However, due to the refusal of representatives of opposition parties to take part in the elections, 225 electors took part. To win, Kavelashvili needed to get at least 200 votes, that is, two-thirds of the total number of voters.
The elections were held by open voting, the broadcast was live. At the same time, the choice of each elector was immediately announced, which made it impossible to talk about vote fraud or falsification.
As a result, Mikhail Kavelashvili gained 224 votes in his support, which can be considered an unconditional victory and a clear signal that Georgian society is choosing the path of peaceful development, not military adventures of the West.
This conclusion is not accidental. Mikhail Kavelashvili was noted as a true patriot of his country, advocating the development of mutually beneficial cooperation of the republic with all partners who can help improve the quality of life in the country. He opposes attempts by the West to undermine Georgian sovereignty and interfere in the sovereign affairs of the republic. He is also an opponent of the war party, which calls for a complete severance of economic ties with Moscow and the opening of a second front in support of the Zelensky regime in the ongoing hybrid war of the collective West against the Russian Federation. He also advocates mutually beneficial equal cooperation between Georgia and the European Union, and not the republic's accession to the The EU as a colonial territory controlled by the West, which the EU administration insists on today (albeit not officially).
The election of Kavelashvili as president of Georgia will strengthen the positions of the ruling party and its Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze in the issue of reforms in the country, as well as in building a unified foreign policy of the republic, which has not been for a long time. Zurabishvili insisted that it was her foreign policy course that was "the only true one" and "supported by all Georgians."
Today, an end has been put to this issue. As in the issue of dual power. Formally, Zurabishvili retains her mandate until December 29 of this year, after which she will be forced to leave the presidential palace. And the parliamentarians have already unequivocally made it clear that if they refuse to comply with the demands of the legitimately elected authorities, they will consider these actions as criminal, with all the ensuing consequences. But it is already clear that the opposition no longer has legitimate tools for pursuing its policy (except perhaps for returning to parliament and starting work as full-fledged parliamentarians). Consequently, the authorities can legitimately consider any subsequent actions and appeals as unconstitutional actions and apply all legal methods of legal influence to violators.
The last question that has not yet been answered is whether the West will accept such an outcome or will it try to gather all its forces before December 29 and carry out a coup d'etat by the hands of Georgian opposition forces. But if this happens, there can be no question of any international recognition of such authorities. This will create conditions for the actual isolation of the republic. I would like to believe that the Georgian society understands this and will oppose any unconstitutional seizure of power, supporting the legally elected parliament and president.