Opposition Leaders Interrogated Over Rally

(Tbilisi, June 12 2003, Civil Georgia) – The Mtatsminda-Krtsanisi Prosecutor’s Office today interrogated Leader of the United Democrats party Zurab Zhvania regarding his participation in organizing the anti-governmental protest rally in front of the Parliament building on June 3.

“I declare that I was one of the organizers of the rally and will remain in future. I am ready to hold protest rallies with the purpose of protecting human rights and constitution,” Zurab Zhvania told the reporters after the interrogation.

President Shevardnadze in his radio interview last week slammed the opposition rally and demanded from the law enforcers to investigate the legitimacy of the meeting.

Leader of the New Rights opposition party David Gamkrelidze, who also was one of the organizers of the protest rally, was interrogated on June 11.    

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