‘Second Round Inevitable’ – Candidate Gamkrelidze

A second round of balloting is inevitable, as Mikheil Saakashvili does not have enough public support, Davit Gamkrelidze, the leader of the New Rights Party and a presidential candidate, said on January 4.

“Do not believe in charlatan public opinion surveys [commissioned] by the authorities or planned exit polls. They [the authorities] are doing these [public opinion surveys] to give the impression that Saakashvili will win the election,” Gamkrelidze said on the Rustavi 2 TV political talk show, Primetime. “I want to assure everyone that Saakashvili really doesn’t have enough support to win in the first round. And I think that there will be a second round and I will definitely be there.”