András László, a member of the European Parliament said during the European Parliament’s plenary session that “Georgia held free and fair elections, everyone who was there knew this.”
He noted that “Minor provocations and incidents took place at some voting stations but nothing that couldn’t happen anywhere else.”
“I was an international observer in Georgian elections and I am totally appalled about what happened. Georgia held free and fair elections, everyone who was there knew this.
NGO observers told me they trust the integrity of the elections, that’s what opposition party observers told me, that’s what voters told me and I talked to several of them in different voting stations.
Minor provocations and incidents took place at some voting stations but nothing that couldn’t happen anywhere else. The vote difference in favour of the ruling Georgian Dream party is more than three hundred thousand votes, fraud claims not even close to match the massive victory of the Georgian Dream party and then came politicians from EU countries who tried to destabilise Georgia and fuel protests.
Georgians made a democratic choice. even if many don’t like it in the EU, we should respect their choice. The Georgian prime minister clearly said in his first statement after the elections that continuing the EU accession talks still remains a priority. We need to continue our partnership and accession talks with the new government,” András László stated.
