Saakashvili Hails Poll Results, Warns Abashidze
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12:45 - 29 Mar. 2004
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Opposition Rebuffed in Georgian Polls
Saakashvili-backed party's victory not a surprise.
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, whose party according to the exit polls swept a landslide victory, said after Sunday’s elections that “the current parliamentary election has been the most democratic and free during last ten years.”
He also gave a warning to Adjarian leader that Tbilisi will not tolerate “a feudal-style lords any more.” Saakashvili announced that according to the preliminary information his party received “twice more votes in the Autonomous Republic” than Abashidze’s Revival Union Party.
The exit polls suggest that President Saakashvili’s National Movement-Democrats received 78,6% of support, while other parties failed to clear 7% threshold necessary for securing seats in the Parliament.