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    OPPOSITION HOLDS RALLY IN TBILISI

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    07.11.2008 18:04 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ On November 7, 2008, up to 10 000 people congregated
    in Tbilisi to vent their anger and frustration with Saakashvili's
    leadership in the largest manifestation of popular protest since
    November 2003. Participants put forward a number of demands, including
    Saakashvili's resignation and the holding of parliamentary elections
    in April 2008 as required by the constitution, rather than in the
    fall of that year as decreed by Saakashvili.

    Ten opposition parties from across the political spectrum, including
    the People's Party, the Labor Party, the Republican Party, the
    Conservative Party, Georgia's Way, Tavisupleba, Chven Tviton (We
    Ourselves), and Okruashvili's For a United Georgia, aligned in a
    National Council that on October 17 unveiled a joint manifesto which
    repeated many of Okruashvili's criticisms of the Saakashvili regime.

    It characterized the social, political, and economic situation in
    Georgia as "grave," accused Saakashvili and his "corrupt team" of
    "usurping power," and claimed that "political terror...reigns, and
    basic human rights and freedoms are neglected." It further called
    for the consolidation of Georgian society to elect in free and fair
    elections in the spring of 2008 a new leadership that would enjoy
    public trust and prove capable of tackling the serious problems the
    country faced, RFE/RL reports.
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