According to the Constitutional Court’s determination, the decision is definitive and cannot be challenged or changed.
President Salome Zourabichvili’s attempt to have the results of the contentious October parliamentary election revoked by the Constitutional Court of Georgia dismissed.
The verdict stated that Zourabichvili’s lawsuit would not be granted “substantive consideration” and was made last Friday but posted on the website of the supreme court on Tuesday.
Another complaint against the election results, which showed that the Georgian Dream party had obtained a majority, was also dismissed by the court. It was submitted by thirty opposition lawmakers.
The ruling further said that the decision is final and cannot be challenged or changed.
Continuous demonstrations
On November 19, Zourabichvili petitioned the court to void the election results from October 26. With 53.93 percent of the vote, the Georgian Dream secured an 89-seat majority in the 150-seat parliament.
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and Bidzina Ivanishvili, the honorary chairman of Georgian Dream, praised the outcome.
However, Zourabichvili stated that she did not accept the outcome, claiming that Russian meddling tainted the vote. The election has been referred to as “stolen” by opposition parties, and the government has been protested and EU admission negotiations cancelled.
Claims of electoral fraud were rejected by Kobakhidze, who said that such “irregularities” were normal for elections around the world.
Regarding the court’s decision, the president has not yet responded.There is a possibility that