TBILISI, Georgia — An undercurrent of political violence is unsettling voters in Georgia as they elect members of parliament on Saturday from a field that includes candidates from the country’s two main parties and a bewildering array of nearly two dozen other groups.
It’s unlikely that the election’s outcome will dim the former Soviet republic’s determination to integrate more closely with the West, including its distant hopes of joining the European Union and NATO.
“These elections are a very important step forward toward reinforcing Georgia’s image as a democratic European state,” Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili said after casting his ballot.
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Source: National Newswatch
