**International Leaders Speak Out Against Georgia’s Illegitimate Regime**
A group of US and European lawmakers and former senior officials have issued a joint statement calling for free and fair elections in Georgia. They also demand that governments reject the illegitimate Ivanishvili regime.
The statement says that all democratic governments should insist on new, properly monitored elections in Georgia. Until these elections take place, no high-level meetings between legitimate leaders and the current Georgian Dream party officials should occur.
The group is calling for unified sanctions against Ivanishvili’s regime and its supporters who are undermining Georgian democracy and sovereignty.
**Georgia’s Elections Spark Protests**
Ivanishvili’s Georgian Dream party has ignored opposition concerns and held elections that many consider unfair. The party then elected a new president without consulting other groups. When hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets, they were met with violence.
The statement says that the Georgian people demand free and fair elections, and international leaders must stand with them.
**Signatories to the Statement**
The joint statement has been signed by several prominent lawmakers and former officials from Europe and the US, including:
* Members of Congress Joe Wilson, Richard Hudson, Steve Cohen, Marc Veasey
* European Parliament members Michal Szczerba, Michael Gahler, Helmut Brandstätter, Michał Wawrykiewicz
* Former senior policymakers Gabrielius Landsbergis, Ian Kelly, Randy Scheunemann, Kenneth Yalowitz
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