IRI polls: 60% of Georgians want opposition to enter parliament, 45% support snap elections
Georgian opposition parties refuse to take up their mandates in parliament. They have been demanding repeat parliamentary elections since November 2020. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
Agenda.ge, 5 Apr 2021 - 18:33, Tbilisi,Georgia
The International Republican Institute’s (IRI) Center for Insights in Survey Research has conducted its first nationwide poll of Georgia since the 2020 parliamentary elections which says that 60% of Georgian citizens either ‘definitely’ (42%) or ‘somewhat’ (18%) do not support the opposition’s boycott of parliament.
Image: IRI Georgia.
IRI Regional Director for Eurasia Stephen Nix says that ‘these findings send an important message to both the governing and opposition parties. Georgians want a functioning parliament that reflects their needs.’