Shevardnadze Calls for Dialogue, as Georgia Braces in Rallies

Security forces at the Republic Square in the center of Tbilisi

Security forces are on high alert in capital city Tbilisi in anticipation of mass protest rallies. Georgia braces in the fresh rallies as two governmental parties lead the November 2 parliamentary elections’ controversial results.

The National Movement and Burjanadze-Democrats opposition alliances called for the people to gather in the central square of Tbilisi at 3 pm on November 8 to protest against the manipulation of the election results.

The main highways connecting western and eastern parts of Georgia with the capital city Tbilisi became an impasse this morning as interior troops and the police bloc blocked all the entrances of Tbilisi. The police are stopping all the buses en route to Tbilisi. The opposition says the authorities fear that the people living in the regions would join the protesters in Tbilisi.