Paint thrown at election official as Georgia announces final results

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The head of Georgia’s Central Electoral Commission was doused with black paint on Saturday at a meeting to confirm the results of the parliamentary elections.

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00:00The head of Georgia's Central Electoral Commission was doused with black paint on Saturday at

00:07a meeting to confirm that the ruling Georgian Dream won the controversial parliamentary

00:12elections in October.

00:17Opposition leader David Kirtadze, who threw the paint, told the chairman that the official

00:21results of the vote did not reflect voters' true choice.

00:27Kirtadze is a commission member from the United National Movement Party.

00:34When the meeting resumed, the chairman was seen with a bandaged eye.

00:40Protesters also gathered outside the commission's building in Tbilisi, where officials announced

00:45the final results.

00:48Opposition supporters have rejected the results amid allegations that the vote was rigged,

00:53an accusation that Georgian Dream denies.

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