Opposition to Present ‘Response Proposals’

Davit Berdzenishvili of the Republican Party, part of Alliance for Georgia, said the opposition had almost completed drafting its proposals in response to the authorities’ proposals, put forth by President Saakashvili on May 11 after meeting with the opposition leaders.

“Some details remain to be agreed,” Berdzenishvili told Civil.Ge on May 18.

Berdzenishvili said that “the response document” would include concrete proposals with “concrete deadlines.” He, however, declined to discuss details.

Salome Zourabichvili, leader of Georgia’s Way party, said in an interview with the Georgian daily, Rezonansi, published on May 18, that there were two possible options out from the current standoff: “Either Misha should go and elections should be held afterwards; or Misha should get rid of those clans, which represent guarantee that no free elections will be held. In case of the second option, he [Saakashvili] opens road towards normal elections and in that case he will prolong to some form his time in office.”

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