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You are here: Home / Foreign Affairs / The Shit is Going Down

The Shit is Going Down

by John Cole|  November 22, 20038:24 am| 5 Comments

This post is in: Foreign Affairs

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Bad things brewing in Georgia:

Thousands of protesters flooded the capital of Georgia and vowed not to leave until President Eduard Shevardnadze resigns over a parliamentary election scandal that has transformed into a full-blown national crisis.

The protest was timed to coincide with the convening of the new parliament, elected in a Nov. 2 ballot that the opposition claims was rigged and which has fueled popular anger against Shevardnadze’s government.

Shevardnadze, speaking to journalists inside the parliament building, said he was ready for dialogue with the opposition, but “without any ultimatums. Parliament was elected and … parliament should begin work today.”

This poverty-stricken country has slid into its biggest political crisis in years, with pro- and anti-Shevardnadze forces vowing to avoid bloodshed but also refusing to budge. Both sides are amassing thousands of supporters in the already tense capital.

“We are giving the president one last chance,” protest leader Mikhail Saakashvili said, addressing thousands of his supporters on Freedom Square. “Within one hour, either he comes to the people or the people will come to him.”

Cable news networks are showing masses storming Parliament as I write this.

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  1. 1.

    Pootie Tang

    November 22, 2003 at 2:10 pm

    I really hope that President Shevardnadze doesn’t listen to those darn protestors. Don’t those people have anything better to do.

  2. 2.

    Kimmitt

    November 22, 2003 at 3:44 pm

    God, I hate Diebold.

  3. 3.

    drew

    November 23, 2003 at 12:58 am

    Any body know the condition of civil society in Georgia prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union?

    I know countries with some decent institutions outside of the Communist Party, Poland Hungary etc, have shown a much faster transition to liberal democracy.

  4. 4.

    Moe Lane

    November 23, 2003 at 12:21 pm

    You know, I know it’s the weekend and everything, but I would’ve thought that this story’d be getting more play in the blogosphere.

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  1. Obsidian Wings says:
    November 22, 2003 at 10:25 pm

    Now, THIS Is What A Proper Protest Looks Like

    Via Balloon Juice we see that a showdown was brewing in Georgia – the one in Eurasia – over a recent election that has everybody going, “Yeah, well”. Well, oh my droogies, the showdown has come, and with a vengeance.

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