Europe and the US should now have no excuse BUT to punish Georgia for no longer being mostly of one political orientation, as it now has diversity in the parliament, something that the EU should have too!

Claims of election interference are underpinned by disruptions, alleged ballot tampering, and international observers’ criticisms, particularly from Western organizations like the OSCE and the EU. Georgian media and opposition channels further fuel suspicions, broadcasting on-site coverage of voting irregularities and citing inflated opposition support in regions outside Georgia.

Both government and opposition supporters brace for intensified political conflict, reminiscent of earlier pro-Western revolutions in the post-Soviet space.

Well, back to reality!

The Georgian parliamentary elections have come and gone, being held on Saturday, 26th October across the Georgian republic, as well as in a number of countries around the world. The political spin from outside, has already started with CIA fronts such as the IRI, Republican Institute making mostly false allegations about what really happened, questioning the results.

The one who shared the linked article made this comment in passing: That’s not the truth; I am a public servant, but nobody has ever pressured me over whom to vote for.

As is usual in such young democracies, there were a number of instances of disruption, ranging from a “ballot box” being stuffed in front of cameras in Marneuli (actually more likely to be the receipts of voter IDs, as I mention later), resulting in the entire 69th district vote being rendered null, and which, given it was done in front of cameras, is likely to be an opposition staged event to try and justify the claim that the elections were rigged.

In Tbilisi, there were a number of cases of a group of individuals moving from polling station to polling station picking fights with those waiting to exercise their right to vote. It is interesting to note that the opposition TV channels seemed to have advanced warning of their route, always being there just in time to film the disruptive fights that followed.

There were several cases of observers complaining that they were unable to properly observe proceedings due to poor layout of voting spaces, and the usual run of minor complaints, however, all in all, the voting seems to have gone smoothly, with voters needing to electronically sign in, using their national ID card, with their attendance being noted in both electronic and printed format (something likely to make the claims of........

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