(5 Nov 2024)
RESTRICTIONS SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tbilisi, Georgia – 4 November 2024
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Wide of stage in front of Parliament
2. Mid of protesters
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Badri Japaridze, leader of the Lelo Strong Georgia Coalition:
++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT4 AND PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOT5++
"We will not accept illegitimate elections, we will not recognise an illegitimate parliament. We will not go to that Parliament, and we will not let Georgian Dream announce itself as a legitimate representative of the Georgian people, because they have stolen the elections. This is a special operation backed by the Russians, where the (future of the) Georgian people will be stolen, and we will never accept that."
4. Wide of rally
5. Mid of child and protesters marching, holding EU flags, and playing EU anthem
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Tornike Tsiramua, Tbilisi resident:
++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT7-10++
"As a Georgian citizen, I am angry that we are not on a European Union path at all right now. This election was fraudulent; we have all the evidence, and we need to push our government in order to make sure the elections should be fair and free terms to be conducted, so sure, we are here, the people, angry people I am sure the people will come more and more, day by day. This is a long-lasting process. This will not last just a few days; it will last weeks or months, and I urge our opposition as well to be more proactive, as well as the people here in Georgia."
7. Close-up of banner (English) "Sanctions against Russian Dream."
8. Mid of protesters
9. Mid of EU and Georgian flags
10. Mid of people applauding
11. Close-up of banner reading (in English) "Borenka (Bidzina Ivanishvili), follow the Russian warship."
STORYLINE:
Thousands of opposition supporters rallied outside Georgia’s parliament for a second straight Monday to denounce the October 26 election as illegitimate after the ruling party was declared the winner amid allegations of vote rigging helped by Russia.
The protesters, who waved Georgian and European Union flags, demanded a new parliamentary elections under international supervision and an investigation of the alleged ballot irregularities.
Opposition leaders vowed to boycott sessions of parliament and hold regular protests until their demands are met.
The protest took place under the watch of riot police, reflecting the simmering political tensions in the South Caucasus country of 3.7 million that lies between Russia and Turkey.
The Central Election Commission said the ruling Georgian Dream party won about 54% of the vote. Its leaders have rejected the opposition’s claims of vote fraud.
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