Ex-football player Kavelashvili becomes Georgia's president as ruling party consolidates power
- Mikheil Kavelashvili became president of Georgia on Saturday, as the ruling party tightened its grip in what the opposition calls a blow to the country’s EU aspirations and a victory for former imperial ruler Russia.
- Kavelashvili, 53, was the only candidate on the ballot and easily won the vote given the Georgian Dream party’s control of a 300-seat electoral college that replaced direct presidential elections in 2017.
- Georgian Dream retained control of parliament in the South Caucasus nation in an Oct. 26 election that the opposition alleges was rigged with Moscow’s help.
- Outgoing President Salome Zourabichvili, a pro-EU critic of the ruling Georgian Dream party, has positioned herself as a leader of the protest movement and has said she will remain president after her term ends on Monday.
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