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GEORGIA
New
President Mikhaïl
Saakachvili
Elected President of Georgia Mikhaïl Saakachvili
who was sworn–in on 26 January 2004,announced an ambitious
reforms program for the former Soviet Republic still
crippled by corruption and an economic crisis.
Mikhaïl Saakachvili
won with more than 90% of thevotes, according to Zourab
Tchiaberachvili, President of the Central Electorial
Commission. The victor of the election, which followed the
forced resignation of President Edouard
Chevardnadze in November 2003, thanked his constituents,
while inviting them to rebuild “a new Georgia”.
Mikhaïl
Saakachvili,
addressed the crowd gathered there, in Georgian, Russian,
English and French. He was called populism by his foes, but
reinterated many promises made during his campaign, “fight
against corruption, consolidation of power, European
integration, normalization of relations with neighboring
Russia, resolving the abkhaze problem as well as fight
against poverty.While in office, M. Saakachvili wants to
modify the constitution in order to create a Prime
Minister’s post.
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