Protesters break into de facto President’s Administration building in Abkahzia

According to Abkhaz media, part of the protesters, who are protesting in front of the Administration of de facto President Raul Khajimba, broke into the building.

About 1,000 protesters are attending the rally. There was a physical confrontation between law enforcement and protesters.

Shortly before, the so-called Supreme Court of Abkhazia started hearing of a cassation complaint relating to the lawsuit of the so-called presidential candidate, leader of the opposition party, Alkhas Kvitsinia. The lawsuit calls for the revocation of decision on the “election of the head of state”.

The second round of the so-called presidential elections wer held in Abkhazia on September 8 last year. According to the de-facto election commission, Raul Khajimba got 47.39% and 46.17% of the population voted for Alkhas Kvitsinia. The opposition does not recognize the results of the elections and calls for its annulment.