Saakashvili Personally Assumes PM Duties

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said on February 3 that he will assume the Prime Minister?s responsibilities in the wake of the death of Zurab Zhvania early on Thursday. 
 
?I, as the President of Georgia, will assume the leadership of the executive authorities. I instruct the members of the government to return to their work places and work in a usual regime. I, as the Commander in Chief , instruct the law enforcement agencies and the army to continue performing their functions,? the President said after visiting the newly built Holly Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi on February 3. 

?It is very important to maintain order and discipline in the country. I want to warn everybody that all those who violate order and discipline will be answerable before the law. We fully control the situation, we are a strong state, we are strong nation and we will manage to settle the problems,? President Saakashvili added.