South Ossetia former presidential candidate Alla Dzhioyeva refused on Monday to continue talks with a Russian official acting as the mediator between the South Ossetian opposition and the authorities in the breakaway republic.
Talks between Dzhioyeva and incumbent President Eduard Kokoity with the mediation of Russian presidential administration official Sergei Vinokurov continued for six days, but resulted in failure.
Dzhioyeva said the talks were fruitless because the current South Ossetian authorities had not been willing to reason with the opposition “while they sense the support of the Moscow envoy.”
The opposition leader said a new envoy from Moscow must be “a person who would present an objective view of the situation in South Ossetia to the Russian authorities.”
The situation heated up in South Ossetia after November 27 runoff presidential elections.
Preliminary results showed that opposition leader Dzhioyeva, who was also the former education minister, won a runoff against Kremlin-backed rival Anatoly Bibilov.
But the republic's Supreme Court on Tuesday canceled the outcome of the elections, citing violations.
Dzhioyeva has declared herself president despite the court’s ruling and her supporters have been rallying on the central square of the capital, Tskhinvali, ever since.
They have called on the country's incumbent leader Eduard Kokoity to resign and scheduled Dzhioyeva’s “inauguration” for December 10.
The republic’s Supreme Court is expected to consider Dzhioyeva's complaint over the court’s decision to annul the election results on Tuesday, December 6.
Meanwhile, Dzhioyeva said on Monday she was planning to form a new government after her inauguration “on the street,” and prosecute Kokoity for “serious violations of law."
