PROTEST ACTION IN TBILISI MAY TURN INDEFINITE

PanARMENIAN.Net
02.11.2007 18:25 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The duration of the rally organized by the Georgian
unified opposition may be indefinite, if the authorities refuse to
open dialogue, the opposition staff said. "We will wait till 6 p.m. We
drew over 100 thousand people into the street and this is the best
proof that the nation doesn’t agree with the leadership’s policy,"
said Giorgi Khaindrava, one of the opposition leaders.

Shota Rustaveli Avenue is crowded. It’s impossible to estimate the
exact number of protesters, as people continue to come. The main
demand of the opposition is pre-term parliamentary elections.

Georgian parliament speaker, Nino Burjanadze is holding consultations
with parliamentary majority.

Givi Targamadze, chairman of the committee on defense and security,
said if the situation in Georgia was like that in Ukraine, President
Saakashvili would make a similar decision. "President should know
better. But the opinions of the President and opposition differ,"
he said.

Georgian ex-President Eduard Shevarnadze called on the authorities to
seek for compromise. "Compromise should be found anyway. Bloodshed
is inadmissible. It can provoke a civil war. The government should
demonstrate patience and flexibility," he said, Novosti Georgia
reports.

Eduard Shevarnadze sent in his resignation as result of the Rose
Revolution in 2003.