“An American-funded non-governmental organization accused us of rigging the elections by 46,000 votes. This became the main pretext for the opposition to attempt to change the government against the will of the people and to hold snap elections. The embassy calls this an insignificant error,” Georgian PM Irakli Kobakhidze told journalists.

Kobakhidze responded to questions about the posts recently distributed on social media by the U.S. Embassy in Georgia.

The Prime Minister said these posts are somewhat confusing.

“I won’t delve too deeply into this matter. It is unfortunate that the posts from yesterday and the day before contained incorrect information and false accusations. This is quite regrettable. Today’s post was also completely incomprehensible, but that falls under the jurisdiction of the embassy. I would urge Madam Ambassador, who generally assesses events with reasoning, to take a closer look at the activities of her own staff, including those responsible for preparing such posts. I will reiterate: when embassy staff create posts that include falsehoods,” Kobakhidze remarked.

According to him, the embassy spread incorrect information regarding the percentage discrepancy between the Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) and the Central Election Commission (CEC) results.

“I explained in detail what, for example, concerned the falsification of the PVT. The embassy spread incorrect information claiming that the discrepancy between the PVT and CEC results was only 1.8%, when in reality it was 2.4%. The second manipulation was that with this 2.4%, ISFED was actually accusing Georgian Dream of falsifying 46,000 votes, and the embassy called this some insignificant flaw. This was not an insignificant flaw. Let me remind you that this was a gross accusation. An American-funded non-governmental organization was accusing us of rigging the elections by 46,000 votes, and this became the main pretext for the opposition to try to change the government against the will of the people, to hold snap elections, and the embassy calls this an insignificant mistake. This is, of course, a lie, and I once again asked Madam Ambassador – we discussed this publicly, and if necessary, I will personally share my thoughts on this with the Ambassador. For now, we are focused on the electoral processes, but if needed, of course, at any time,” Irakli Kobakhidze declared.