60,000 people get together in Tbilisi to demand president Saakashvili resignation
17:39, 26 May 2009
TBILISI. May 26. KAZINFORM. About 60,000 people have got together at Tbilisi?s National Stadium to take part in a ?civil parade? of the opposition to demand that President Mikhail Saakashvili step down; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
According to leaders of some opposition parties, ?the parade will testify to the fact that a majority of people don?t want Saakashvili to remain president?. It is expected that the Tuesday action will approve the so-called charter of commitments to the people and Georgia, which will fix the main principles and norms according to which the country must live ? freedom of speech and media, protection of human rights, civil rights and the independent court; Kazinform cites Itar-Tass. See www.itar-tass.com for full version.