TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s Prosecutor’s Office said on Wednesday that it was launching an investigation into possible falsification of Saturday’s parliamentary election, in which the ruling Georgian Dream party secured a majority that opposition parties said was fraudulent. It said that Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili, a government critic who has repeatedly said the vote count […]
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TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s Prosecutor’s Office said on Wednesday that it was launching an investigation into possible falsification of Saturday’s parliamentary election, in which the ruling Georgian Dream party secured a majority that opposition parties said was fraudulent.
It said that Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili, a government critic who has repeatedly said the vote count was falsified, would be summoned for questioning on the probe on Thursday.
Election observers, including the 57-nation Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) have said that the vote was marked by incidents of voter intimidation, bribery and ballot-stuffing that could have impacted the result, but stopped short of calling it rigged.
(Reporting by Felix Light; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)