A political standoff in Georgia has escalated as President Salome Zourabichvili refuses to vacate the Orbeliani Palace for her successor, Mikheil Kavelashvili, a far-right politician backed by the ruling Georgian Dream party. Zourabichvili, a symbolic leader of the opposition, insists the government is illegitimate and plans to remain in office. This defiance has sparked a constitutional crisis and mass protests, with the outcome potentially shaping Georgia's future trajectory.
are fixed on the elegant 19th-century Orbeliani Palace in Tbilisi, where a defining moment looms. Who will occupy its halls on 29 December?
“Let’s see where she ends up, behind bars or outside,” he said at a press briefing in Tbilisi this week. After the parliamentary elections, the ruling party nominated Kavelashvili as president, a move that marked the end of Georgia’s last independent political institution not under GD control. “Zourabichvili is the voice of European Georgia. For many, she is the last legitimate power,” said Prof KornelyMuch of the outcome of the presidential stalemate will hinge on the west’s response and whether it continues to recognise Zourabichvili as a legitimate leader, he said.
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