The United National Movement applies to the Prosecutor General’s Office of Georgia and requests the launch of a criminal investigation related to election fraud, United Natio­nal Movement member Levan Bezhashvili said at the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia, where he filed the relevant application on behalf of his party.

According to Bezhashvili, the National ­Movement demands the initiation of an investigation based on the information published by the former head of the Security Council, Soso Gogashvili.

"The public is informed that the former deputy head of the State Security Service, Soso Gogashvili, published evidence, which clearly indicates the systematic organized crime of rigging elections by the Government, in which the Georgian Dream party, as well as state structures, the State Security Service, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Internal Affairs and local municipalities were involved. A unified criminal state system was created, which was aimed at falsifying elections and thereby seizing power by the Georgia­n Dream.

With this criminal case, the process of delegitimization of the Georgia­n Dream Government should begin. The oligarchic rule has created a system where the State is seized, where neither the court, nor the Prosecutor's Office, nor the law enforcement agencies serve people, so we demand the launch of an investigation into specific election fraud. We are telling the investigators and prosecutors of the Prosecutor's Office that this case will definitely be under public scrutiny. They will have to investigate this case, otherwise their cases will be investigated later under the article of abuse of office.

The process of disintegration of the Government has begun. Processes have already started in various agencies that will contribute to the delegitimization of the Georgia­n Dream Government,” said Bezhashvili.

For information, based on the documents handed over by the former deputy head of the State Security Service, Soso Gogashvili, non-governmental organizations claim that a large-scale scheme of mobilizing votes in favor of the ruling party by illegal means has been revealed, with a high probability of the involvement of state agencies, including law enforcement agencies, for electoral/party purposes.

source: IPN