In his televised address late on November 13 opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili called nation for larger protest rallies with only demand – resignation of President Shevardnadze.
“The only way to get the country out of the crisis is Shevardnadze’s resignation. I call every citizen of this country for coming on November 14 in front of the parliament building to demand Shevardnadze’s resignation,” Mikheil Saakashvili said in televised address, which he delivered both in Georgian and Russian languages.
He said in order to survive in the current political crisis Eduard Shevardnadze “is ready even to provoke ethnic conflicts in Georgia.”
“Do not believe when some say that Shevardnadze will never resign. It is not true. Even much more powerful Presidents stepped down in several eastern European countries when thousands of citizens went into streets,” Saakashvili said addressing Georgian citizens.