Yesterday, Georgia held Presidential elections and according to official results Michail Saakashvili won with 52.8%. His challenger Levan Gachechiladze got only 27% I've been watching different news reports and the they were always different depending on the channel. The western media agrees with the official results and Russian media focused on the controversy of the exit poll and the official results. According to the exit poll Levan Gachechiladze came first with 31% and Michail Saakashvili came second with 24% The Georgian opposition does not agree with the official results saying the vote was rigged and will rally people to protest. The official observers said the election were fair and democratic and they have not spotted any serious violations. The US said the opposition should respect the reports from Western observers. There were 2 referendums conducted in parallel with the presidential elections one referendum was about rescheduling the parliamentary elections to April (this was one of the opposition's main demands) according to constitution the parliamentary elections are to be held this fall) And 60% of Georgians voted are in favor of conducting elections in April. So It doesn't make sense. Why would people support the opposition's idea and not the opposition? The second referendum was on whether Georgians support accession to NATO, exit polls say 61% of Georgians are in favour of the idea.
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