Georgia politics

The governing Georgian Dream party selected the defence minister to take over as prime minister following the sudden resignation of Giorgi Gakharia over the attempts to detain an opposition leader.

"The opposition claims Georgia Dream passed this law as a payback to the criminal world for the help they got during the election. In the past criminals have helped the ruling party by pressuring people during the campaign," claims former minister Thorniké Gordadze.

The ruling Georgian Dream party, led by the nation's richest man, narrowly won the October 31 parliamentary vote that opposition parties say was rigged.

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Thousands of Georgians took to the streets of the capital Tbilisi on Sunday to protest what they say is an attempt by the government to clamp down on the country’s most popular TV…