Georgian lawmakers voted in the former soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili as the country's next president on Saturday after days of protests.
The far-right former soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili was voted in as the new president of Georgia on Saturday, deepening tensions over the country's ties to Russia.Kavelashvili, 53, is a former lawmaker for the ruling Georgian Dream party, and later co-founded the People's Power political movement, a splinter group known for its strong anti-Western rhetoric.
'I remain your president — there is no legitimate parliament and thus no legitimate election or inauguration. My mandate continues,' she wrote on X, formerly Twitter, according to The Associated Press.She added: 'Georgia, Moldova, Romania, everywhere Russia is using electoral interference and diversified hybrid instruments to try to derail those countries from their democratic path. It is a war on elections, a war on Europe.
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