Central Election Commission: Ruling Georgian Dream will not be able to get constitutional majority in parliament
The ruling Georgian Dream party will not be able to get a constitutional majority in the new parliament, according to the preliminary results of the CEC elections, NewsGeorgia reports.
At the moment, the mandates are distributed as follows. (Results based on data from 72% of polling stations):
“Georgian Dream” – 53%, 88 mandates;
“Coalition for Change – Gvaramia, Melia, Girchi, Droa” – 11.2%, 19 mandates;
“Unity“ (”National Movement”, ‘Agmashenebeli Strategy’, ‘European Georgia’) – 9.8%, 16 mandates;
“Strong Georgia“ (”Lelo”, ‘For the People’, ‘Freedom Square’, ‘Citizens’) – 9%, 14 mandates;
“Gakharia – For Georgia” – 8.2%, 13 mandates.
At least 113 deputies are required for a constitutional majority. “Georgian Dream was counting on just such support. The main pre-election promises of the ruling party implied changing the country’s basic law – recognizing the opposition as unconstitutional, enshrining the special status of the church, banning any actions that could be considered as LGBT propaganda, etc..
Moreover, 88 votes for the Georgian Dream will not even be enough to impeach President Salome Zurabishvili. This requires two-thirds of the mandates, i.e. 100 seats.
