World News

488 readers

461 users here now

Please help and contribute as we vote on rules:
https://quokk.au/post/21590

Other Great Communities:

Rules

Be excellent to each other

founded 10 months ago

MODERATORS

Deceptichum@quokk.au

Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com

PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au

Georgia’s ruling party leading in pivotal election ahead of pro-EU opposition (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 9 months ago by MashedHobbits@lemy.lol to c/world@quokk.au

1 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Early official results, with 70% of precincts counted, showed the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party had won 53% of the vote, the electoral commission said.

But a united block of pro-western opposition parties have also declared victory, claiming they had clinched a collective majority, setting the stage for a confrontation over the future of the Caucasus country.

top 1 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 9 months ago

“Right now, we need stability and friendly relations with Moscow,” said Elene Kiknadze, a 74-year-old woman. Voting for GD, she said, would also ensure Georgia would keep its “traditions”, referring to its conservative values, including opposition to rights for LGBTQ+ people. “Let Europe have their freedoms. We don’t need gay parades in this country,” she added.

Old people often vote against progress. To the detriment of the youth who have to live with the consequences.