The head of Georgia’s Central Electoral Commission was doused with black paint on Saturday at a meeting to confirm the results of the parliamentary elections.
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00:00The head of Georgia's Central Electoral Commission was doused with black paint on Saturday at
00:07a meeting to confirm that the ruling Georgian Dream won the controversial parliamentary
00:12elections in October.
00:17Opposition leader David Kirtadze, who threw the paint, told the chairman that the official
00:21results of the vote did not reflect voters' true choice.
00:27Kirtadze is a commission member from the United National Movement Party.
00:34When the meeting resumed, the chairman was seen with a bandaged eye.
00:40Protesters also gathered outside the commission's building in Tbilisi, where officials announced
00:45the final results.
00:48Opposition supporters have rejected the results amid allegations that the vote was rigged,
00:53an accusation that Georgian Dream denies.