Pro-EU protesters and Georgia's four main opposition parties say elections in October were rigged. They have gathered to demonstrate ahead of what they say will be an illegitimate ruling party vote for a new president.
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00:00Protests in Georgia are entering their 17th day as the country prepares to appoint a new
00:06president.
00:07Pro-EU protesters and the four main opposition parties say elections in October were rigged.
00:13First of all, I think that these elections in October were rigged.
00:17So any actions that will be taken after these rigged elections cannot be legal.
00:25So we don't even think about the outcome of these fake elections that they have tomorrow
00:32because it doesn't matter, it doesn't make any sense.
00:37The country's disputed parliament is set to nominate sole candidate Mikhail Kavalashvili
00:42from the ruling Georgian Dream Party in a vote on Saturday.
00:47Protests against the pro-Russian ruling party began after October elections, but they escalated
00:52at the end of November when the government said it would shelve negotiations to join
00:57the EU.
00:58A majority of the public back Georgia's path to the EU, a plan that's part of the country's
01:03constitution.
01:04Kavalashvili is known for being the main voice for anti-Western propaganda in Georgia.