Salome Zourabichvili tells gathering protesters she will leave the presidential palace as far-right successor Mikheil Kavelashvili takes powerGeorgia’s pro-western president, Salome Zourabichvili, has said she will leave the palace but remains the country’s legitimate officeholder, after refusing to hand over the keys to her successor in the wake of a controversial general election.Her comments on Sunday came moments before Mikheil Kavelashvili, a former football player turned far-right politician backed by the ruling pro-Moscow and increasingly authoritarian Georgian Dream (GD) party, was sworn in as president at a parliamentary ceremony. Continue reading…
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Georgia’s pro-west president says she remains the ‘only legitimate president’ as new leader sworn in
