Civil activist Niko Managadze was arrested administratively
Alexander Lukashenko, Ilham Aliyev, Nikol Pashinyan, and Aleksandar Vučić congratulate Mikheil Kavelashvili on being elected to the office of president by the electoral college
Nika Melia: Three days ago, Kaladze gave instructions to district administrations to ensure the presence of a certain number of people at the Christmas tree lighting event. The directive explicitly included bringing children along. In total, they managed to gather only about 500 people
Matthew Bryza on sanctions: It is a symbolic and political decision – decisive actions will come from the European Union
The Chairman of the Helsinki Commission stated: An illegitimate government is trying to impose a Russian puppet president on the Georgian people—new elections must be held!
Nona Qurdovanidze: With the amendments introduced to the 'Code of Administrative Offenses' in the third reading, the grounds for administrative detention have been expanded
Domestic Reactions to Kavelashvili’s Election as President
Michael Roth: If Germany, France, and Poland agree on a joint, stronger stance against the Georgian government, then Orban won't be able to block anything
The President addressed the protesters: We don’t want ‘Salome, Salome,’ nor ‘Thank you, thank you.’ We are all here together for two reasons – for peace and for justice, which require new elections!
Salome Zurabishvili: It turns out the Christmas tree lighting has been postponed - I think they are coming to me on St. Barbara's Day