Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has led the charge for the opposition in claiming election fraud in Georgia’s parliamentary elections Oct. 26. However, it is unclear on what grounds she is making that allegation. Regardless, the Prosecution Service of Georgia has consented to launch an investigation into the allegations and has called Zourabichvili to appear today. However, yesterday she declared to the press: “I don’t intend to go to the prosecutor.” Apparently, invoking some sort of noblesse oblige, she explained: “It’s not up to the President to provide the proof.” Rather, she accused the investigative body, in calling upon her, of starting “obvious political processes against the President today.”
Then she posted on X, speaking in English: “In any standard investigation, it’s the investigative body’s duty to gather proof, not the other way around. I’ve never seen an investigative authority ask a president for election-related evidence…. There’s psychological pressure directed at both you and me.”
