United National Movement's leader Grigol Vashadze said it was "absolutely determined to change the government and return Georgia to a normal way of democratic development.” "We exclude (the possibility) of the coalition.”
"We will come to power with an absolute majority, maybe not an absolute but a solid majority," Ivanishvili said, adding that he expects Georgian Dream to win about 100 seats. Speaking earlier in the day at a polling station after casting his ballot, Ivanishvili voiced confidence that his party would retain a strong majority and wouldn't need to form a coalition. Georgian Dream has nominated current Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia to stay on the job. The coalition has fielded Saakashvili as its candidate for the prime minister's job. This time, Georgian Dream faced a renewed challenge from an opposition coalition of the Strength is in Unity party and Saakashvili's United National Movement (UNM). The Georgian economy has been badly bruised by the COVID-19 pandemic and is expected to shrink by 5% this year, while the currency is falling sharply. Former President Mikhail Saakashvili also described the results as a "triumph” for his bloc, and he vowed to form a coalition "national unity” government with other opposition parties. Ivanishvili quickly congratulated his supporters on winning the vote. Billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, who created the party, made his fortune in Russia. The Georgian Dream party has held a strong majority in the 150-seat parliament for eight years, but its popularity has dwindled steadily amid the country's economic problems.
Voters in Georgia cast ballots Saturday in a parliamentary election hotly contested between the governing party, founded by a billionaire, and an alliance around the country’s ex-president who has spent years in self-imposed exile facing charges he rejected as political.Īfter the polls closed, both the ex-president and the billionaire quickly claimed victory, setting the stage for more political turmoil in the ex-Soviet nation on the Black Sea.
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