Tuesday, January 08, 2008

NEWS: Georgia News Digest 01-08-08

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ELECTION RESULTS
1. Preliminary statement on the January 5, 2008 extraordinary presidential elections and plebiscite
2. Saakashvili wins, but with far weaker mandate
3. Saakashvili wins Georgian elections – preliminary data
4. Saakashvili claims `landslide' victory in election
5. Vote in Georgia produces a thin margin: Saakashvili's opponents seen likely to challenge presidential election results
6. video: Saakashvili set for victory
7. Saakashvili appears to win in Georgia
8. Re-election of Rose Revolution leader Mikheil Saakashvili sparks calls for protest
9. Saakashvili narrowly wins vote
10. CEC: Saakashvili narrowly avoiding run-off
11. Saakashvili in lead nationwide, but falls behind in capital
12. Saakashvili wins re-election in Georgia: President's narrow victory raises allegations of vote-rigging
13. Saakashvili wins Georgia election
14. Saakashvili triumphs in shady presidential poll
15. CEC to count plebiscite votes after presidential poll results announced
16. Most Armenians in Georgian election reportedly favor Saakashvili
17. Elections were ‘brilliant’ – Saakashvili
18. Saakashvili wants better ties with Russia
19. Saakashvili: Country on right track
20. Georgian press quotes on snap presidential election
21. Main rivals in Georgian presidential election shake hands in church
22. Ballot boxes delivered from Iraq
23. About 150,000 Georgians in Russia have no chance to vote

OPPOSITION REACTION
24. Opposition rejects western observers’ assessment of Georgia’s election
25. video: Georgian opposition cries foul as last votes counted
26. Georgia protesters give poll icy reception
27. Levan Tarkhnishvili: About 40 complaints urge for revoking results of certain polling stations
28. Opposition: Results of elections will be considerably changed if complaints are satisfied
29. United Opposition publicizes results of parallel counting
30. Watchdog wants annulment of results from 30 precincts
31. Unrest follows Georgian election
32. Georgia opposition seeks to overturn election result
33. Opposition alleges ‘fraud’ in vote summary process
34. Opposition to contest results of presidential election

COMMENTARY and ANALYSIS
35. Saakashvili and the Bonaparte referendum
36. Saakashvili keeps position but remains vulnerable
37. Getting out of a mess in Georgia: A win for the president, and a decent result for democracy
38. A Georgian rose half-opened
39. Bruising battle for Georgia
40. Critique of Saakashvili
41. Georgia vote shows Rose Revolution honeymoon over
42. Georgia’s choice
43. Hollow victory: Although they re-elected him, Georgian voters are disillusioned with their president
44. A wilted rose: Georgian democracy limps on, far from fragrant
45. Time to be more inclusive and less aloof

FOREIGN and OBSERVER RESPONSE
46. International observers assess Georgia’s presidential election positively
47. ‘A triumphant step’
48. A victory for voters as Georgians 'take matters into their own hands'
49. Foreign observers generally satisfied with Georgian elections
50. Javier Solana congratulates the Georgian people on the peaceful conduct of the presidential elections on 5 January
51. EU cautious on Georgia's election results
52. Respect election results – EU tells political parties
53. 'A time of trouble' ahead for Georgia?
54. NDI hails democratic polls despite some inaccuracies
55. U.S. Department of State on Georgia’s elections
56. Polish House Speaker: Elections in Georgia have not solved problems
57. Lithuania congratulates Georgia on having organized democratic elections
58. Estonian president recognizes Georgian presidential election
59. Timoshenko congratulates Saakashvili on victory in Jan 5 election
60. Tajik pundit comments on importance of Georgian election
61. Russia protests irregularities in Georgian vote
62. Moscow's denunciation of Georgian election foreshadows troubled times ahead
63. Zhirinovsky congratulates Saakashvili
64. Election can hardly be called 'free and fair' – Moscow
65. Russian MP slams Georgian president for cunning choice of polling date
66. Russian TV takes issue with outcome of Georgian election

OTHER NEWS
67. paper: Visibly Invisible: EU Engagement in Conflict Resolution in the South Caucasus
68. paper: The Peculiarities of Fourth-Party Intervention: The Cases of South Ossetia, Transdniestria and Abkhazia
69. paper: Enough! Electoral Fraud, Collective Action Problems, and Post-Communist Colored Revolutions
70. paper: Structure and Example in Modular Political Phenomena: The Diffusion of Revolutions
71. Germany to hand over Okruashvili to France
72. Germany turns asylum request of former Georgian defense minister over to France
73. A delayed action bomb in the CIS [excerpt]
74. Patriarch speaks of role of media and authorities in his Christmas Epistle


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Jonathan Kulick, Ph.D., Director of Studies, Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies, 3a Chitadze, Tbilisi 0108, Georgia (Republic),
jonathan.kulick@gfsis.org, office: +995 32 47 35 55, mobile: +995 95 33 33 40, USA voicemail: 310.928.6814

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