Election observers have also reported three cases of alleged vote buying.
16:51•Updated 17:45
Problems have been reported in the voting of the parliamentary elections in Georgia on Saturday, says, among other things Politico.
Local media have reported a physical confrontation in the southern Georgian town of Marneul. The local independent online publication Publika reports that an opposition activist was assaulted in a clash at the polling station.
In addition, videos of clashes at other polling stations have also spread on social media.
President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili has condemned acts of violence.
– I want to emphasize the deeply disturbing acts of violence that are happening at different polling stations, he commented on Saturday.
Publika also reported that an aggressive group of men broke into the central office of the opposition United National Movement coalition in Tbilisi, the country’s capital, in the early evening.
Election observers, on the other hand, have reported on three alleged cases of vote buying on Saturday. A video circulating online shows a man identified as a representative of the ruling party filling a ballot box with dozens of ballots in Marneul.
The parliamentary elections in Georgia on Saturday have been considered decisive for the country’s EU membership aspirations and democracy.
Source: AFP
The news is updated.