ジョージア議会選、一部再集計へ 中央選管

【トビリシＡＦＰ＝時事】ジョージアで２６日に行われた議会選挙で不正投票が行われたと野党が主張している事態を受け、中央選挙管理委員会は２９日、投票所の約１４％で投票用紙を再集計すると発表した。（写真はジョージアの議会選挙で与党「ジョージアの夢」が勝利した結果に抗議するデモ参加者。首都トビリシで）
　選挙管理委員会が発表した９９％以上の開票結果では、ロシア寄りとされる与党「ジョージアの夢」が得票率５３．９％を獲得。親欧州連合（ＥＵ）派の主要野党連合は３７．７％にとどまった。
　野党は、与党に有利になるよう不正が行われたと主張し、「国際的な選挙管理委員会」による選挙のやり直しを要求。２８日には、首都トビリシで数万人が抗議デモを行った。
　親欧米派のサロメ・ズラビシビリ大統領も、選挙結果は「違法」だとし、「ロシアの特殊作戦」による選挙介入が行われたと主張。
　ジョージアの主要な選挙監視団も２８日、複雑かつ大規模な不正行為の証拠が明らかになったとして、全体のうち少なくとも１５％を無効票とするよう要請していた。
　中央選管は「各選挙区から無作為に選ばれた投票所５か所で、地方選管によって再集計を行う」としている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】

〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/10/29-20:25）

Georgia's central election commission said it will recount ballots Tuesday at some 14 percent of polling stations after opposition parties denounced the weekend parliamentary election as rigged.
Pro-Western opposition parties have refused to recognise the results of Saturday's vote, which they claim was falsified in favour of the ruling Georgian Dream party. Tens of thousands joined a protest rally in Tbilisi on Monday.
District Election Commissions (DECs) will conduct recounts of ballots from five polling stations randomly selected in each election district, the commission said in a statement.
According to near-complete results announced by the commission, the ruling Georgian Dream party won 53.9 percent, compared with the 37.7 percent for an opposition coalition.
President Salome Zurabishvili has declared the election results illegitimate, alleging election interference by a Russian special operation, a claim that was rejected by the Kremlin.
Opposition parties have said they would not enter the new illegitimate parliament and demanded fresh elections run by an international election administration.
The United States and European Union have condemned electoral irregularities.
A group of Georgia's leading election monitors on Monday said that they had uncovered evidence of complex, large-scale fraud and demanded the annulment of at least 15 percent of votes cast.
Data analyst Levan Kvirkvelia said on X that (voting) data provides solid evidence supporting the argument of ballot stuffing/miscounting.
This manipulation occurred exclusively in rural areas, and we can say that the ruling party committed electoral fraud, he added.
Defying the EU's concerns over the vote, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban -- current holder of the bloc's rotating presidency and the Kremlin's closest EU associate -- arrived in Tbilisi on Monday for a two-day visit.
Georgia was rocked in May by huge demonstrations against a law on foreign influence, that critics said mirrored Russian legislation used to silence Kremlin critics.
The United States imposed sanctions on Georgian officials following the protests, while Brussels put EU-hopeful Tbilisi's accession process on halt.
The ruling Georgian Dream party has for months been accused by the opposition of steering Tbilisi away from its goal of joining the EU and back into Russia's orbit.