00:00Georgia's president said she did not recognize the results of this weekend's parliamentary
00:06vote, which election officials say was won by the ruling Georgian party, aimed at moving
00:12it off a path towards Europe, and called for Georgians to rally in Tbilisi to protest the
00:18results.
00:21Many Georgians viewed Saturday's vote as a referendum on the opportunity to join the
00:25EU, as Brussels had suspended Georgia's EU membership process indefinitely because of
00:31a Russian-style foreign influence law passed in June.
00:37The election campaign was dominated by foreign policy and marked by a bitter fight for votes
00:42and allegations of a smear campaign.
00:48European electoral observers said the election took place in a divisive environment marked
00:53by intimidation and incidents of vote-buying, double-voting and physical violence.
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