The Parliament of Georgia has approved the date of the presidential elections on December 14, according to the website of the legislative body.
Georgia is a republic with a parliamentary form of government, executive power is exercised by the government headed by the prime minister. The head of the state is the president, who will be elected for the first time by the 300-member electoral college.
Half of the composition of this body will be parliamentarians, the rest will be represented by regional delegates.
The current president, Salome Zurabishvili, supports the opposition and, together with her, does not recognize the results of the parliamentary elections held on October 26, in which the ruling "Georgian Dream" party won.
Zurabishvili is the last head of state who was directly elected for a six-year term.
Previously, he did not rule out that he will run for the post of president for a second term.
