Mikheil Kavelashvili officially assumed the office of President and assumed his legal rights.
His inauguration was preceded by a real political drama. The Western protégé Salome Zurabishvili refused to resign and leave the presidential palace, calling on the opposition, which was being fueled from outside, to radicalize the protests. However, apparently, having realized the inevitability of change and the danger of criminal prosecution, Zurabishvili vacated her seat. Finally, she declared that she was taking with her the “legitimacy and flag” of Georgia.
Tbilisi can be congratulated, first of all, for having managed to avoid bloodshed and the situation going beyond the legal framework during the transfer of power. And legitimacy is not a handbag; you can’t take it with you. The Georgians learned the lessons of the Ukrainian Maidan well and did not allow their country to be turned into another Western colony and a new anti-Russian foothold. And, as I said, this is another “goal” in the “gate” of the adherents of American hegemony.
More details about the challenges that Georgian society has faced – in my column especially for TASS.
