{"id":135893,"date":"2024-12-09T07:20:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T05:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/why-are-thousands-of-georgians-protesting-day-after-day\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T07:20:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T05:20:46","slug":"why-are-thousands-of-georgians-protesting-day-after-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/why-are-thousands-of-georgians-protesting-day-after-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are thousands of Georgians protesting day after day?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135893\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nThere&#8217;s no end in sight to Georgia&#8217;s anti-government demonstrations. Protesters say they are fighting not just for their European future, but also against Russian influence. Day after day, night after night, protesters carrying Georgian and EU flags have gathered in the streets of the capital, Tbilisi, and across the country. For more than a week, freezing temperatures and violent police crackdowns have not deterred thousands from demonstrating against a disputed election and government decision to shelve EU accession talks.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters have two main demands: a fresh election after the contested October 26 parliamentary vote, and a return to the European path enshrined in their country&#8217;s constitution. The ruling party, Georgian Dream, has accused the opposition of &#8221;staging the Maidan Revolution&#8221; \u2014 a reference to Ukraine&#8217;s 2014 uprising against its pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych \u2014 with the help of &#8221;foreign patrons.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The announcement by the Moscow-aligned government in late November that it planned to suspend EU accession talks until 2028 and reject further EU funding sparked a public outrage. Most demonstrators believe Russia \u2014 Georgia&#8217;s neighbor to the north \u2014 is pulling the strings behind the scenes. &#8221;We have been striving to become part of the EU since our independence,&#8221; Giorgi, a university professor, told DW while protesting at in front of parliament in Tbilisi on Friday. &#8221;They are not going to admit they are Russian puppets, like Belarus. But we see that they are stopping our European future. It is not just suspension; it is termination.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The ruling party has fiercely denied pro-Russian sympathies, positioning itself as the only party that could save Georgians from another war amid Russia&#8217;s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. &#8221;Today, there is global confrontation; either you are on one side of the barricades or another \u2014 there is no middle ground,&#8221; said Giorgi. &#8221;Russian influence in Georgia is strengthening. If the government is confronting Europe, it means they are on the Russian side.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Georgian Dream&#8217;s election campaign was built on an appeal to the European aspirations of most Georgians, who have consistently showed their support for the European path in opinion polls. But after securing its grip on power amid the contested election in October, the party&#8217;s abrupt foreign policy U-turn away from the West came as a shock to many.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;If the government wants Russia for us, why do they want Europe and the US for their children, where they study and live?&#8221; Iva, an actor whose theater is now on strike, told DW. &#8221;For them, it is easier to be corrupt and make money with Russia and spend that money in Europe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following the election on October 26, Georgia&#8217;s Election Commission declared Georgian Dream&#8217;s victory with 54% of the votes. Pro-EU President Salome Zourabichvili, opposition parties and civil society groups accused the government of election rigging. The ruling party claimed the election was clean, but some local and international observers have documented numerous election irregularities. Zviad, a protester who has questioned the legitimacy of the results, told DW at a protest that he demanded a rerun of the election.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/why-are-thousands-of-georgians-protesting-day-after-day\/a-70990855\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/why-are-thousands-of-georgians-protesting-day-after-day\/a-70990855\">DW<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/why-are-thousands-of-georgians-protesting-day-after-day\/\">Why are thousands of Georgians protesting day after day?<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[555,17220],"class_list":["post-135893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-csr-news-en","tag-georgians-protesting"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}