Pro-Saakashvili Party Leads Polls in Adjara

According to the Adjarian Supreme Election Commission, President Saakashvili?s supporter party Victorious Adjara won a landslide victory in Sunday?s local parliamentary elections, which are slammed by the opponents as ?totally falsified.?

Early official results will be available by the noon on June 21.

Election officials say the Republican Party, the main contender of the pro-Saakashvili party, could also clear 7% threshold, necessary to gain mandates in the 30-seat legislative body of Adjara ? the Supreme Council.

However, the Republican Party accused the authorities of ballot-rigging. The Republicans, which are in the coalition with the ruling National Movement-Democrats party in the Georgian Parliament run in the Adjarian elections separately.

?The Georgian government failed democracy test in Adjara, as the elections were totally falsified. We will convene the Republican Party?s council [governing body] and decide whether to continue cooperation with the ruling party. I do not think it will be appropriate to cooperate with ballot-riggers,? MP Davit Berdzenishvili, the leader of Republican Party told Georgian state radio station on June 21.

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