Georgian Prosecutor`s Office launches investigation into alleged  election rigging, summons President Salome Zurabishvili

ArmInfo. The Georgian Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into the alleged  falsification of the recent parliamentary elections and summoned President Salome Zurabishvili to testify on October 31.

"Based on the appeal of the Central Election Commission dated October  30, 2024, the Georgian Prosecutor's Office has launched an  investigation into the alleged falsification of the parliamentary  elections, which has elements of a crime under Article 164? of the  Criminal Code of Georgia," the agency said in a statement.

The Georgian Prosecutor's Office added that, according to the CEC  statement and information disseminated in the public space through  the media, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili must have evidence  of possible falsification of the 2024 parliamentary elections,  therefore, in accordance with the law, the Georgian President was  summoned to the investigative body for questioning on October 31 of  this year.

"The Georgian Prosecutor's Office will simultaneously conduct all  necessary investigative and procedural actions specified in the CEC's  appeal in order to study the facts voiced by the President of  Georgia, individual political parties and representatives of  observation missions. Among them, as part of the investigation, all  those persons who may have information related to the alleged  criminal fact will be interviewed.

We inform the public that law enforcement agencies are actively  investigating a number of criminal cases in order to study individual  violations identified during the pre-election period and on election  day.

The Prosecutor's Office will periodically inform the public about the  results of the investigation," the statement, which is quoted by  Georgia-Online, says.

Recall that earlier, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili used the  term "Armenian carousel" in an interview with the Associated Press,  referring to the falsifications in the past elections. Zurabishvili  emphasized that the October 26 elections are a falsification using  sophisticated methods in combination with the use of technology.

When asked what the president meant by the expression "use of  technology", Zurabishvili replied - "the Armenian carousel". "The  Armenian carousel" - we call it the "Armenian carousel" here, I don't  know if they call it the "Georgian carousel". This means that some  time before the elections, they began to take away, under various  pretexts, identity cards from socially vulnerable people, families of  prisoners - no one could understand why they were doing this. In  fact, they (the cards - ed.) were used to vote by the same person.  With the help of one identity card and various electronic devices, it  was possible to do this approximately 17 times. They had a large  number of identity cards or numbers," the head of state said.