The lighting up of the christmas tree outside Georgia's parliament was cancelled due to too many protesters booing and decrying the vote made by ruling Georgian Dream Party's decision to appoint former footballer as president in a controversial election process, amid a deepening constitutional crisis and weeks of mass pro-EU protests. An electoral college, controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party and boycotted by the opposition, elected Mikheil Kavelashvili with a comfortable majority of 224 votes as the country's next figurehead leader for a five-year term, the central election commission said. IMAGES