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Georgia’s president will not step down until ‘illegitimate’ election rerun

Demonstrators stand in front of police during a rally outside the parliament's building in Tbilisi, Georgia [Zurab Tsertsvadze/AP]

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said she will not leave office when her term ends because the parliament is “illegitimate”, while the prime minister warned against a “revolution” amid continuing pro-European Union protests.

Thousands of Georgians protested on Saturday for a third straight night after Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced the government will suspend talks on EU accession.

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