the i'm afraid i'll never see him again. no, when, oh you lost under the stops december 18th on dw, the this is dw, use lie from berlin protesters in georgia out of the country's new presidential pick . they say former full border retail. kevin actually isn't qualified for the job. as the woman he's being elected to replace says, she won't step down a week after the full of the aside regime in syria. we take a look at have life was changing as children, head back to school and says 3 is opposition to minds. a swift decision on the future of the countries present use he'll kill was suspended from office after lawmakers voted to impeach him on saturday. the

pop up on any as welcome to the program, a beat or stand off over george's next president has led to more protests deepening the country's political crisis. on saturday pro is you've demonstrators rallied outside parliament to protest the appointments. a former soccer player became a couple actually forcing authorities to postpone the switch on of christmas lights . the incumbent president says she won't step down until you will. actions are held . the very few signs of the holiday season in tbilisi. popular anger has replaced seasonal cheer on the streets around george's parliament . demonstrators continue to think solve with police after recent election. so the moscow friendly georgia dream party claimed the vote was on saturday, the georgia dream control problem and elected this man,

monsieur. this obviously, a former football player turned right wing politicians. the opposition fevers will steer georgia away from joining the european union to outside the apartment building. protesters cast out on how they treat these qualifications our, our government, uh great uh, to our election. and our president can deduct you, said brother and god for us for jr and hub josie, of your role to present to the trauma. he doesn't have an invitation to the president. so we're progressing this way. we are showing our diplomas that we are more capable of being present because this is no to legitimate problem. they cannot say elected president, this is not because they are breaking the law despite how they see these election today, outgoing president. so let me sort of achieve the said she won't recognize the vote

and called for fresh elections in order to have peace and justice in the country. new elections and need to go down. that is why we are here . demonstrators have once again gathered for their nightly visual outside of parliament, a clear sign. they went back down as a tug of war between the government and the people continues. with more of this, i speak now with tina teen shelly in tbilisi. she's chair of the georgian think tank civic idea and also served as george's defense minister from 2015 to 2016 or party. the republican party of georgia was in a coalition with the georgia dream party. welcome to dw. so mikhail covet actually has been voted in as george's, you president as well as we see, but incumbent president telling me sort of this really says she's not stepping down until you will actions or health. so how might this impasse be resolved?

good morning. thank you for, for having me. um that is correct. unfortunately. introduce him as parliament yesterday took the world for the presidential elections as well. and now they're planning to have that one. need you to into institution out of the law as well. the current president did make a statement that she's not planning to step down. we still don't want you names and she promised that you need to plan for the society as to what her plan is, but the fact stays that. so this country, people in this country motors in this country do not accept the stolen launch from october for them into the lectures. and we believe that everything that was done since then by the parliament is simply equal and illegitimate. and once we have tnt elections, all the decisions made by this problem to be in. okay?

and as soon as they're doing what you're saying they're, you're saying it's illegitimate. and you don't accept at the, the results of the vote. so what can simplify society and think tanks like yours do to then to navigate georgia through this crisis? yeah, there are a couple of things that we are doing right now except for being part of the process . so basically, um, 1st of all, uh we have, uh, several, we are working on server legal claims for invalidating the world's unfortunately constitutional eclipse of georgia. i missed the opportunity to, to, of doing the same election of turning without assuming that action that the remaining of court steve, and we do not have that. so that's a paternity anymore. but in case the governments talk to progressing political prices, there are still a couple of opportunities for the entire process to go live g, too much weight. and uh, that's 11 issue that, or did you want?

and particularly those of us were lawyers as well by the profession. and on the other hand, we've just started documenting the crimes committed by the government, by special forces, by the gang straining, go on the streets on behalf of the government and beating golf torturing. keep lifting people from the street and up to severely beating up at the police station and then additional in the day or talk to the police station so as well. so if these things continue the same rate, obviously we're planning to take those cases to the international tribunal and seek for justice and struggle system. jo john, unfortunately, is on sheets for keeping those responsible for those trying to come to them. okay, well, one thing as well the, the civic ideas work at is one part of it is confronting russian propaganda. that's

a significant part of your work. and how do you counter it, miss information and, and on how to influence public opinion? i think right now uh, fortunately we are beyond those pros, rush, i'd try these best uh for the last to particularly last couple of years tuesdays for televisions with your claim. georgia and government was very much part of the game. and the problem or different ways of georgia for many other countries, is that my government, my own government and the tv channels, controlled by the government, are the main. because of the rational propaganda russian type of propaganda but should not have to and it's obviously much more difficult to fight against your own information space then against the russians. on the other hand, and the good thing of our georgia, is that because russian armies standing right here very close to capital city and 40 kilometers. when you drive the main road used to heat up,

used to see occupying force with the russian flags from the main main highway of georgia. you know, obviously does not help. it does not help their propaganda machine and to work uh and genuinely um, it's very easy for trojans to, to understand, to get exact idea of the 3 others to choose and to be honest, the russian rate. but you always want problem to the go down government very smart cri, deep wind taking itself from the rest of the world and moving into a service. how do you envision? and actually people should probably try now. they understand that everything russian is not working in georgia. so now they chose and other parts, which is the chinese past and every time to communicate with the people. china is presented as the savior stage for the future of georgia. and we're going to have to leave it there. very interesting speaking to today, tina tina and thanks for joining us. thank you. the new at tennessee and see that

at if you'd had shelly at joining us at from to pc this afternoon. are all right, switching gears now, i'm moving to syria. students are returning to classrooms there at one week after rebel groups put an end to over 5 decades of rule under the side. finally, much of the country is still in ruins. after years of civil war and international sanctions, but many in the country are facing the future with new optimism. the gates of this damascus school are opened once again. a students in syria make their way to just a week after the fall, a former president bush, all of a sudden the country's new flag is raised over the schools. grounds stuff, the feeling confident about teeth. reopening committee changes. everything is good when we wait for the equipment and i don't know what 2 or 3 days,

nor to get everything ready for the students to return safely. it's a send some and shed by students who are grateful to be back in class. i'm not mistaken. very happy. i used to walk in the street. scad zillow, get drafted by the enemy. i used to be afraid when i reached a check point on the outskirts of serious capital. things are less certain, but palestinian refugees hope they consume, return to the come. they one's called home fido. silicon, quite a bit of compass, my thoughts. you really feel good sign a sign of here. know, even though you are find from a to how to do, there's so many things here that your mind, the stuff by this time i really hope and be to go to some of the big down can be deeper telephone book and become better than before. what do we do, or what? one of the less time each dairy is a fruits and vegetables stole his reopen and his doing brisk business. to assign

perhaps of things to come. as 3 images from the decades of dictatorship, with tentative optimism. to take a look and add some more stories, making headlines around the world. hope frances is visiting course. it guides the 1st ever recorded trip to be at french mediterranean islands by church onto the set to meet with president. and i knew of my call on hold last for the help of worshippers. the islands of the autonomy and coast is one of france's most competent regions to us. broad costs are abc and use as to pay donald trump's presidential library. $15000000.00 to settle a defamation case. abc present for george stephanopoulos inaccurately asserted on air. the trump, i'd be found liable for, right. it's the latest in a string of legal winds for the us president elect since his election victory last month. at least 5 migraine strands when they're both capsized of

the greek islands of god. us witnesses reported many others were still missing as rescuers searched for survivors. cargo ships post dozens of people from the border most from pakistan. at least 11 people have been killed after the worst sight alone in nearly a century hit the french overseas region of my up psych loans cheated glasses, much of the shampoo time housing on the island. the items in the indian ocean issuance of warranty that they could take several days to establish a desktop. so that's great. opposition has urged the constitutional court to quickly give its ruling on the future of president use. oak hill on saturday says greenville makers voted to impeach the president over his foster martial attempt has been suspended while the country's top course decides whether to remove him from office opposition meter. each a new site in press conferences with decision by the court will help the match

terminal to earlier we spoke to joe, he killed as she is a professor of know, we asked her about the challenges and i'm facing the constitutional court as if decides onions. political feature, state constitutional quotes and actually consists of 9 justices. however, currently that down to 6 on the because the preston tenant has actually refused school, i should say. impeached for the former president has refused to make appointments of the vacant 3 seats. and the constitution says that for a in an impeachment decision, you need 6 justices to make the routing that you, you have to have at least 6 judges agreeing either to denies motion or to, to cost the motion, the resolution tween page. and so you, you actually have to ensure that the sitting 6 justices make

a unanimous decision. but that's still going to have some clout of it in terms of legitimacy because it doesn't actually have the full bench. all right, so let's get a quick reminder of our top story. a gorgeous physical crisis is stupid for the appointment on the menu for life present, inspect, close ties to rush, opponents have the protesting outside parliament against the appointment of the account of the licensee incumbent president. says she won't have time until the elections or health the venture of today's coming up next sports life follows a martial arts project helping young people deal with violence screen. for example, after a short break and don't forget the spending more and using information on our website . doc. com and you can follow as social media or handle is dw news on the phone in

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