Thursday, January 10, 2008

NEWS: Georgia News Digest 01-10-08

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ELECTION RESULTS
1. CEC announces preliminary results, considers complaints
2. Saakashvili seals Georgia re-election victory
3. Nearly complete count confirms Saakashvili victory in Georgia: Election chief
4. video: Saakashvili named winner as opposition cries foul
5. Saakashvili’s campaign effort pays off in western Georgia
6. ‘I took a responsible approach’ to Russia – Saakashvili
7. Machavariani: Government verified that opposition has concrete support
8. Government does not accept opposition's grievances
9. Saakashvili signals readiness to include opponents in cabinet
10. Candidate Saakashvili offers opposition cabinet posts; opposition threatens hunger strike
11. Lado Gurgenidze: Consultations on cabinet staffing afoot
12. Government officials welcome Saakashvili’s initiative to cooperate with opposition
13. Gurgenidze says structural changes await government
14. Cabinet structural reform planned
15. Gela Bezhuashvili: Fulfillment of our goals is impossible without consolidation
16. Consultations on staffing of new cabinet underway
17. “Public Research Center” claims election second tour
18. CEC invalidates polls at four precinct
19. Georgian human rights chief says presidential election rigged
20. GPB releases special statement

OPPOSITION RESPONSE
21. GPB ready to air video record of Gachechiladze’s statement on condition it does not contain anticonstitutional appeal
22. Gachechiladze’ s supporters protest rally at GPB
23. Opposition wants live TV airtime
24. video: Opposition outcry in Georgia at election confirmation
25. Outcry afoot outside CEC office
26. Opposition demands runoff poll before cooperating with Saakashvili
27. Opposition disputes Saakashvili election win
28. Protesters demand Georgia vote runoff
29. Hunger strike vow as Saakashvili is declared victor in Georgian poll
30. Detailed information on hunger strike of united opposition to become known at 19:00 p.m.
31. Hunger strike details unknown yet
32. Labor Party demands vote recount
33. Natelashvili informed Boden about violations revealed during elections
34. Mamuka Katsitadze: If Saakashvili wins, he’ll recover his real face
35. Gamqrelidze: United States is backing self-declared president
36. 'First win polls, then offer coalition' - opposition tells Saakashvili

OBSERVER and FOREIGN RESPONSE
37. Ferrero-Waldner on the recent presidential elections in Georgia
38. U.S. hopes Georgian parliamentary election will be even more democratic than presidential – Bryza
39. Russia wants normal relations with Georgia – ambassador
40. Russian parliamentarians say Saakashvili should match words with deeds
41. Isler Béguin: Georgian elections a "step forward for democracy"
42. UN welcomes elections in Georgia
43. Russian press split over Georgian election
44. Russia waiting for "signals" from Georgia to improve relations – envoy
45. Lithuanian president invited to inauguration of Georgia’s leader Thursday
46. Ukrainian press comments on Georgian election outcome
47. Georgia must take account of election observers' remarks - Estonian formin

COMMENTARY and ANALYSIS
48. Georgia on our mind
49. Winning the “people’s office”
50. Lincoln Mitchell: "Saakashvili's claim on a mandate is much weaker"
51. Demonstration of opposition will take place in Georgia: Sestanovich
52. Georgian president faces dilemma
53. Start at 52 per cent
54. Challenges for Georgia
55. Saakashvili won, something that needed to be proved
56. Opposition threatens to overturn presidential election amid growing international validation of the results
57. The real meaning of "candidate 5"’s win in Georgia
58. For or against? Analyst insists by voting for Georgia’s Saakashvili local Armenians voted against NATO
59. Russian pundits sceptical about Georgian offer to improve relations
60. Confirmed victor, Georgian president promises broader cabinet
61. New reality after 5 January
62. Georgian opposition does not stand a chance - Russian pundit
63. Georgia’s post-revolutionary period ends, posing challenges and opportunities

NON-ELECTION NEWS
64. Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia – TV programmes and press legalize sins
65. Germany hands Okruashvili over to France
66. video: Georgia's 'rebel minister' seeks asylum in France
67. Okruashvili taken into custody in France
68. The limbo beyond Kosovo
69. Georgia wants talks with Russia on lifting economic embargo
70. Georgia ready to negotiate embargo on Georgian products with Russia
71. Tsiskarishvili invites Genady Onishenko to Georgia
72. Government puts forth economic package
73. Government of Georgia intends to reduce revenue tax from 25% to 15 %
74. Cabinet meeting to be held on Wednesday

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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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