An Appeal of Opposition Parties Organizing Protest Rallies to the International Community

As provided by the authors in English

7 April 2009

We the representatives of the political parties declare hereby that we are united with the Georgian people around one just cause that of forcing peacefully the voluntary resignation of the leader, who:

We feel the duty to end this parody of democracy and return Georgia to the path that was taken in at the time of independence 20 years ago and was confirmed by the will of its people during the 2003 Revolution, the road to democracy and towards Europe.   
The Georgian people, their political parties and civil organizations, will demonstrate their will to see the end of the illegitimate mandate of Mikheil Saakashvili that has cost so much to this country.

The demonstration of the supreme will of the Georgian people will be only through peaceful manifestations, starting on the 9th of April and lasting as long as needed until Mikheil Saakashvili steps down.

All constitutional guarantees that an ex-President deserves will be applied to him once his resignation has been handed over.

As soon as he defers to the will of the people, from which derive both legitimacy and the mandate to govern, all the procedures provided by the Georgian Constitution will be followed: the President of the Parliament will take over interim functions, the government will continue to expedite affairs, the date of presidential election will take place within 45 days, all state institutions will continue functioning without impediment.

We are pressing the international community to refrain from any kind of interference during this crisis:

We thank the international community and its representatives in Georgia to assist us in the task of ensuring that no outside provocations interfere with this peaceful manifestation of the Georgian nation’s to end a warmonger and authoritarian regime and move to a really democratic and truly European state.

We thank in advance the international community for advising Mikheil Saakashvili from any use of abuse of force, any act of provocation from the special services, in the same way as we will refrain from any unconstitutional action and any resort to violence.

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