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Saakashvili’s jailing will almost certainly spark upheaval in the small ex-Soviet nation that has been plagued for years by political instability © Interior Ministry of Georgia\/AFP \/ Handout<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n

Tbilisi (AFP), Oct 2 – <\/i>Polls closed Saturday in Georgian municipal elections, a day after the dramatic arrest of ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili, who called from custody for the country’s “peaceful transition to a genuine democracy”.<\/p>\n

An exit poll by Ipsos Global pollster commissioned by the pro-opposition Mtavari TV showed opposition parties won 61.4 percent of the votes, against 38.6 percent for the ruling party.<\/p>\n

A rival exit poll by the local pollster, Gorbi, prepared for the pro-government Imedi TV, showed opposition parties garnering 52.4 percent of the vote with the ruling party on 47.6 percent.<\/p>\n

The EU mediated an inter-party agreement in May, under which the ruling party pledged to hold snap parliamentary elections if it wins less than 43 percent of the vote on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The detention on Friday of Georgia’s foremost opposition figure upon his return from exile raised the stakes in the polls seen as a key test for the increasingly unpopular Georgian Dream ruling party.<\/p>\n

In comments to AFP through a representative, who visited him in prison on Saturday, Saakashvili said “Georgia needs a peaceful transition towards a genuine democracy where political opponents are not locked up on falsified charges or forced into exile.”<\/p>\n

“I am not seeking any political office, I am just determined to fight to the end against the oligarchic rule which kills Georgian democracy,” he said.<\/p>\n

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Georgia’s former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili is widely believed to be calling the shots in Georgia © AFP \/ VANO SHLAMOV<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n

He was referring to the former prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, a powerful oligarch and ruling party founder who is widely believed to be calling the shots in Georgia despite holding no political office.<\/p>\n

Founder of Georgia’s main opposition party, the United National Movement (UNM) and president between 2003-2013, Saakashvili, 53, said Friday he had secretly returned from Ukraine, where he heads a Ukrainian government agency steering reforms.<\/p>\n

– Both camps claim victory – <\/p>\n

The flamboyant pro-Western reformer, who in 2003 led the peaceful “Rose Revolution” that ousted Communist-era elites, and still commands a fiercely loyal following, was detained shortly afterwards over a 2018 conviction in absentia on abuse of office charges.<\/p>\n

He has denied any wrongdoing, denounced his sentence of six years in jail as politically motivated, and following his arrest went on hunger strike, Georgia’s rights ombudsperson said.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili defended the decision to detain Saakashvili, saying “we are all equal before the law, political leaders and ordinary citizens.”<\/p>\n

Both the ruling party and the opposition each said they were set to win the elections after polls closed at 1600 GMT.<\/p>\n

“I congratulate our party and the whole country,” Garibashvili told supporters. “Time has come to end political polarisation in Georgia.”<\/p>\n

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The prison in Rustavi, outside Tbilisi, where Georgia’s former president Mikheil Saakashvili is being held © AFP \/ Vano SHLAMOV<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n

The UNM chairman, Nika Melia, said: “The opposition is winning. We should defend every single vote, so that Georgian Dream can’t manipulate elections results.”<\/p>\n

Earlier on Saturday, he accused the government of “voter intimidation and vote buying”, but the ruling party said in a statement the vote is “being held at highest democratic standards”.<\/p>\n

Turnout stood at 41 percent by 5pm (1300 GMT), said the central election commission, which is expected to start releasing vote results on Sunday.<\/p>\n

– ‘They must go’ –<\/p>\n

Standing in a long queue of voters outside a polling station in central Tbilisi on Saturday afternoon, 27-year-old painter Luka Samushia, said: “It will be difficult for the government to falsify vote results if the turnout is high.<\/p>\n

“They must go, they can’t jail Saakashvili and remain in power,” he added.<\/p>\n

The municipal elections were being watched inside and outside Georgia for signs of the ruling party backsliding on democracy.<\/p>\n

Critics have accused Georgian Dream — in power since 2012 — of using criminal prosecutions to punish political opponents and journalists. Interpol turned down requests from Tbilisi to issue a red notice against Saakashvili.<\/p>\n

Opposition parties decried widespread fraud and refused to take their seats after last October’s parliamentary elections, which Georgian Dream won narrowly.<\/p>\n

They have since staged mass protests, demanding snap polls.<\/p>\n

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Saakashvili is being held at Rustavi prison outside Tbilisi © AFP \/ Vano SHLAMOV<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n

The ruling party withdrew from the pact in July, but the European Union and the United States urged the EU-aspirant country’s government to implement the agreement that envisages sweeping political and judiciary reforms.<\/p>\n

Saakashvili insists the deal remains in place, saying the upcoming elections “are a referendum on Ivanishvili’s removal from power”.<\/p>\n

With concerns mounting in the West over the ruling party’s democratic credentials, the United States has hinted at possible sanctions against Georgian Dream officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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