There have been protests occurring in Georgia after the current ruling party won the parliamentary election. The results showed that the Georgian Dream Party 48.1% of the votes and the opposition party announced that they will not accept the results because they claim the votes were manipulated. The Georgian Dream party announced that they now have enough seats in parliament to create a government. Supporters of the opposition government that believe the election was fraudulent protested outside of the parliament building in the capital of Tbilisi on Sunday calling for a recount. These protests have spread through almost all of the opposition groups in Georgia. The current leader of the Dream Party Bidzina Ivanishvili who has been in power for eight years is starting to lose popularity after Georgia's economy tanked because of COVID-19.
-Faith Brouwer
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/georgias-ruling-party-wins-vote-opposition-urges-protests-73956631
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