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Zourabichvili has vowed to stay on as president after her six-year term ends on Monday, describing parliament as illegitimate and having no authority to select her successor.
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00:00Georgia's outgoing president, Salome Zubishvili, has slammed the decision by the Electoral
00:06College to name Mikhail Kavalashvili, her successor, a parody.
00:10Zubishvili called Saturday's vote a mockery of democracy.
00:14She's vowed to stay on after her six-year term ends on Monday, describing Parliament
00:19as illegitimate and having no authority to select her successor.
00:23She's been highly critical of the ruling Georgian dream, accusing it of applying pro-Russia
00:28policies.
00:29Kavalashvili was the only candidate on the ballot and was chosen by all but one of 225
00:35electors.
00:36He had a successful career as a footballer, playing as a striker for English Premier League
00:40team Manchester City.
00:42He was first elected to Parliament in 2016 as a member of Georgian Dream and in 2022
00:48co-founded the People's Power political movement.
00:52That was allied with Georgian Dream and became known for its strong anti-Western rhetoric.
00:59Kavalashvili was the only candidate on the ballot and was chosen by all but one of 225
01:04electors.
01:05She's been highly critical of the ruling Georgian dream, accusing it of applying pro-Russia
01:06policies.
01:07She's been highly critical of the ruling Georgian dream, accusing it of applying pro-Russia
01:08policies.
01:09She's been highly critical of the ruling Georgian dream, accusing it of applying pro-Russia
01:10policies.
01:11She's been highly critical of the ruling Georgian dream, accusing it of applying pro-Russia
01:12policies.
01:13She's been highly critical of the ruling Georgian dream, accusing it of applying pro-Russia
01:14policies.
01:15She's been highly critical of the ruling Georgian dream, accusing it of applying pro-Russia policies.
01:16She's been highly critical of the ruling Georgian dream, accusing it of applying pro-Russia
01:17policies.

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