Georgian Dream adopted the Russian law, which restricts free and critical opinions in Georgia. The law blocks the path of the people of Georgia to the European Union.
On
June 9, 2024, de facto parliamentary elections were held in the occupied South
Ossetia/Tskhinvali region. On the “election”
day, due to bad weather, electricity was cut off in several towns and villages,
due to which residents had to vote by candlelight. According to the de facto
authorities, the "elections" were held democratically and without
violations, however, according to reports, there were attempts
to stuff ballots en
masse, to bribe
and intimidate
voters, and to bring
unknown voters to the polling stations.
According
to the source of the Democracy Research Institute:
According
to the de facto central
election commission, voter
turnout was 72.32%. In Tskhinvali - 65.75%, in Tskhinvali district - 70.32%, in
Java district - 91.40%, in Znauri district - 94.91%, and in Akhalgori district
- 80.62%. As for the polling stations opened outside the so-called republic, 171 people
voted in Moscow and 2,634 in Vladikavkaz. No
"polling station" has been opened in
Sokhumi.
According
to the latest,
June 11 data
of de facto central
election commission, all
ballots have been counted. As a result, the votes were distributed as follows:
United Ossetia - 31.52%; Nikhas - 30.60%; People's Party - 16.03%; Communist
Party - 7.01%; Unity of People
- 4.49%; Иры Фарн - 4.71%; Unity - 1.98%; against
all - 3.66%.
According to the chairman of the United Ossetia party, if the data from Vladikavkaz are not canceled, where about 700 ballots were declared invalid, the party will not participate in the work of the so-called parliament.
The case of
former de facto deputies of South Ossetia’s de facto parliament, David Sanakoyev,
Garry Muldarov and Dzambolat Medoyev, who are appealing the decision to revoke
their citizenship of the Russian Federation, remains unresolved to date.
To silence critical media, “Georgian Dream” tries to use financial sanctions. Following several television, online and radio broadcasters, regional media have now also been affected.
Issuance of movement permits, required for travel within and beyond Akhalgori district, has been resumed.