Georgia Ruling Party Loyalist Kavelashvili Elected as President: Commission

An electoral college, controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party and boycotted by the opposition, elected Mikheil Kavelashvili with 224 votes as the country's next figurehead leader for a five-year term, central election commission chair Giorgi Kalandarishvili said, AFP reported. The sitting president Salome Zurabishvili has declared the vote "illegitimate" and refused to step down..