TBILISI, April 15 (RIA Novosti) - Georgia's
opposition on Wednesday announced plans to begin
round-the-clock protests at the State Chancellery building,
where the offices of the prime minister and other state
ministers are located.
The opposition, which is demanding President Mikheil
Saakashvili resign, is already demonstrating outside
parliament, the presidential residence and state television
headquarters as protests continued for a seventh day in the
Georgian capital.
Earlier on Wednesday, opposition groups wrote a
poster-sized resignation letter for Saakashvili and hung it
outside his residence with a huge pen ready for him to sign.
"We have prepared this text for Saakashvili. He may come
at any time and sign it," said Bezhan Gunava, a spokesman for
the Conservative Party.
The poster outside the residence reads: "A statement from
Mikheil Saakashvili to the Georgian people - I am leaving my
presidential post."
Saakashvili's opponents blame him for dragging the country
into a war with Russia over South Ossetia last August,
resulting in the permanent split from Georgia of the province,
along with another rebel republic, Abkhazia. He also faces
criticism for failure to carry out democratic reforms promised
after the 2003 "Rose Revolution" that brought him to power.
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