Georgia's President refuses to leave office as tenure ends, prepares for showdown Georgia's pro-Western president, Salome Zourabichvili, has sparked a constitutional crisis by refusing to vacate office as her six-year term officially ends. The 72-year-old leader claims she is the last legitimate institution in the country, accusing the ruling Georgian Dream party of undermining democracy and aligning with Russia. On Sunday, the government plans to install Mikheil Kavelashvili, a former Manchester City footballer, as her successor under an electoral college system Zourabichvili denounces as a "travesty." Her resistance has drawn both praise...