Opposition announces daily rallies in Tbilisi and across Georgia
Kyiv • UNN
The Georgian opposition has announced large-scale daily protests in different districts of Tbilisi against the election results. Opposition leaders agreed on 5 strategic points and demanded new elections by November 21.
At a rally in Tbilisi, the opposition unveiled a plan of resistance - daily rallies in the capital and the country, each time in different places, UNN reports citing Novosti Georgia.
The new rally is scheduled for 14:00 on November 5 in Tbilisi's Saburtalo district, near the Sports Palace.
"Our plan is to cover the entire city with protests. We will be in Tbilisi everywhere and every day. Standing on Rustaveli is not enough. We have to be on every square and on every bridge," said Nika Melia, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change.
The leader of the Agmashenebeli Strategy, Giorgi Vashadze, said that five strategic points had been agreed upon between the opposition leaders:
We demand the appointment of new elections.
We do not recognize the stolen elections and do not legitimize the parliament.
We start a resistance movement and a peaceful resistance front, first in Tbilisi and then throughout Georgia.
Each subsequent protest will be sharper, more focused on a specific goal.
We continue to collect evidence and all documentation for a full-fledged international investigation of election fraud.
"This week, a week of resistance marches will be held all over Tbilisi. This will continue until we achieve victory. Our main target is the Election Commission, as these elections have been stolen," Vashadze said.
He appealed to opposition supporters and called on them to help distribute campaign stickers wherever possible: in entrances, neighborhoods, shops, and public places.
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Zurab Javakhadze, the leader of Bitter is More Freedom, said that there is a "very short time frame" for action.
"One of the deadlines is November 21. This is the deadline when the CEC should publish the so-called Consolidated protocol and put Ivanishvili's friends on the figures, and before that, we must do everything to prevent them from daring to do this.
After that, there are 10 more days, defined by the Constitution, when this "garbage" has to gather in this building (Parliament) and prove its legitimacy, and we must not allow this to happen.
This can only be done by you and me, the last bastion of freedom in this country," Javakhadze said.
He also said that everyone should be "ready to fight.
What else is known?
"The resistance process has begun - we demand an international investigation and re-elections! We will not stop, we will fight to the end together with the people! We will not let this government rest. The opposition is not going to enter the parliament and give legitimacy to this illegal parliament! We all have to take to the streets, defend the voice and the future of every citizen! This fight is the fight of each of us, and we cannot give it to anyone!" stated Mamuka Khazaradze, leader of the Strong Georgia and Lelo party.
He also said that "the main thing is not to stop," after which, at his call, a march began to picket the Baratashvili Bridge.
Recall
A large-scale protest against the results of the parliamentary elections, which the opposition considers to be fraudulent, is taking place in the center of Tbilisi. Protesters with the flags of the EU and Georgia demand new elections.
