Shevardnadze Denies Election’s Possible Delay
(Tbilisi, June 9 2003, Civil Georgia) – President Shevardnadze dismissed as groundless opposition’s statement that the government will try to postpone Parliamentary elections, scheduled for November 2 with declaring state of emergency in the country.
In his Monday radiobroadcast Shevardnadze said that de did not justify the postponement of the parliamentary elections and the announcement of the state of emergency in the country, as the world’s leading countries would observe the elections, since it would be crucial for their further cooperation with Georgia.
While commenting on the recent protest rallies held by the opposition, Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze relied upon the results of the public opinion study, announcing that the society is negative about the rallies.
“42% of the society thinks that the rallies have reached a dangerous limit, 77% considers that the situation will aggravate until the elections, 80% is confident that everything will overgrow into chaos and civil confrontation,” President Shevardnadze said.
Thousands of people gathered in front of the Parliament on June 3 demanding from the government to adopt democratic election code.
The President called the opposition for talks to reach a consensus over the election code and to hold elections in a peaceful atmosphere.
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