Georgia. President Salome Zurabishvili stays in the Orbeliani Palace

“Greetings from the Orbeliani Palace. I am here, I will stay here and spend the night here,” Zurabishvili announced. She turned to the Georgians and announced that she was waiting for them at her residence, where on Sunday at 10 a.m. local time (7 a.m. in Poland) she would announce her upcoming plans. “(…) I will tell you from here what tomorrow will look like. I will tell you what the next days will be like and what the days of victory will be,” the leader announced.

The president will make a statement on Sunday an hour before the planned inauguration of Kavelashvili's presidency. Zurabishvili and the opposition parties do not recognize the election of the sixth president on December 14 Georgia by the electoral college, which consisted only of representatives of the ruling party, the Georgian Dream.

Many Georgians are also opposed to Kavelashvili's election and the government's policy. They have been taking part in anti-government protests for a month now, demanding new parliamentary elections. They do not recognize the results of the October elections due to numerous irregularities.

Protests also took place on Saturday. Thousands of residents of 17 cities took to the streets in an anti-government protest under the slogan “Chain of Unity”.

According to the Echo Kavkaza website, a branch of Radio Svoboda, in the capital of the country, Tbilisi, people joined hands to form an over seven-kilometer chain, winding on both sides of the Kura River embankment and occupying five bridges in the city center.

On Sunday, opposition groups will organize a protest under the slogan “Red card for Kavelashvili.”

According to NewsGeorgia, for the first time, foreign diplomats will not participate in the swearing-in ceremony of the President of Georgia. Parliament officials announced that there was no room for them in the building. So far, there is no confirmed information whether representatives of the authorities will appear exceptionally China.