Georgia's president slams her successor's appointment as 'a mockery of democracy'

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Zourabichvili has vowed to stay on as president after her six-year term ends on Monday, describing parliament as illegitimate and having no authority to select her successor.

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00:00Georgia's outgoing president, Salome Zubishvili, has slammed the decision by the Electoral

00:06College to name Mikhail Kavalashvili, her successor, a parody.

00:10Zubishvili called Saturday's vote a mockery of democracy.

00:14She's vowed to stay on after her six-year term ends on Monday, describing Parliament

00:19as illegitimate and having no authority to select her successor.

00:23She's been highly critical of the ruling Georgian dream, accusing it of applying pro-Russia

00:28policies.

00:29Kavalashvili was the only candidate on the ballot and was chosen by all but one of 225

00:35electors.

00:36He had a successful career as a footballer, playing as a striker for English Premier League

00:40team Manchester City.

00:42He was first elected to Parliament in 2016 as a member of Georgian Dream and in 2022

00:48co-founded the People's Power political movement.

00:52That was allied with Georgian Dream and became known for its strong anti-Western rhetoric.

00:59Kavalashvili was the only candidate on the ballot and was chosen by all but one of 225

01:04electors.

01:05She's been highly critical of the ruling Georgian dream, accusing it of applying pro-Russia

01:06policies.

01:07She's been highly critical of the ruling Georgian dream, accusing it of applying pro-Russia

01:08policies.

01:09She's been highly critical of the ruling Georgian dream, accusing it of applying pro-Russia

01:10policies.

01:11She's been highly critical of the ruling Georgian dream, accusing it of applying pro-Russia

01:12policies.

01:13She's been highly critical of the ruling Georgian dream, accusing it of applying pro-Russia

01:14policies.

01:15She's been highly critical of the ruling Georgian dream, accusing it of applying pro-Russia policies.

01:16She's been highly critical of the ruling Georgian dream, accusing it of applying pro-Russia

01:17policies.

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