“Our prediction that the opposition was preparing not for the elections but for the day after has proven true,” stated Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili.

According to Papuashvili, it has been confirmed that the opposition refuses to acknowledge the people’s will and does not intend to accept the mandate given by the people.

“The Central Election Commission has completed the vote count entirely. The election results are now clear. Georgian Dream won by almost 900,000 votes over the next party that placed second in these elections. This marks a significant victory for the Georgian people, who have once again echoed the steps they took in 2012. They faced the risks and threats that were a reality before the 2012 elections and eliminated these threats, while in these elections there was a risk of history repeating itself.

Although I didn’t have great hope, I still had a glimmer of hope in my heart that I wouldn’t have to come out like in 2020 and expose lies. But our prediction about the opposition preparing not for the elections but for the day after has proven true. The opposition and several affiliated non-governmental organizations were occupied with exactly this throughout this period, and what we said has been confirmed. It has been proven that they don’t want to acknowledge the people’s will, they don’t intend to accept the mandate given by the people. It has been confirmed that they wouldn’t deviate from this logic.

In 2012, it took them several days to acknowledge defeat. In 2016, it took them several weeks to acknowledge defeat. In 2020, they didn’t acknowledge it at first and it took them several months to accept defeat, and now they’ve entered the same river again, though, of course, they’ll have to come to the same acknowledgement here too.

“We are all too familiar with the disinformation surrounding elections. In the past, the opposition focused on manipulating ballots and protocols, which was evident when they exploited these issues. However, we’ve addressed this concern with the introduction of an electronic system. Now, the opposition has shifted its tactics to new forms of manipulation,” said Shalva Papuashvili.