MOSCOW, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Tens of thousands of Georgian protesters rallied on Tuesday in Georgian capital city of Tbilisi, demanding President Mikhail Saakashvili's resignation, according to reports reaching here.
"Today we will seal the railway, from today we will start the most radical acts," said Eka Beselia of the Movement for United Georgia. The Georgian opposition also issued a statement on Tuesday, calling on the international community to help resolve the situation in the Caucasus country thus ending the stalemate following around six weeks of protests.
He visited a school in Tbilisi on Tuesday and made a concise speech, saying that people have rights to express opinions, and he still has hundreds of thousands of supporters since last January's presidential election. However, because of the opposition rally, the traditional military parade was canceled by the authorities on Tuesday. Georgia's leading opposition parties and groups started demonstrations in Tbilisi on April 9 urging Saakashvili to step down, over his failure to conduct democratic reforms as well as the brief yet catastrophic war with Russia in last August.
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