After the Revolution

The hunger strike [see previous post] Georgian opposition leaders promised last month, postponed due to lack of interest, is back on.

Five politicians announced today they would start their fast to protest the recent presidential election in Georgia.

According to an article from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, opposition leader Levan Gachechiladze compared the renewed protest to November demonstrations that brought the capital to a state of emergency:

“Today a new November begins in Georgia…This is going to be a permanent rally and it will last until we reach our goal. And this goal is elections, free elections.”

But the protests are nowhere near the scale of those that took place in 2007. 

According to an article in the Georgian Times, the hunger strikers are demanding:

• repeat presidential elections
• creating conditions for holding free and fair parliamentary elections
• the release of those arrested for protesting in November

Eight protesters have been released, but others remain behind bars.

Angry voters can register to join the hunger strike or attend a protest rally scheduled to coincide with a March 11 parliamentary session regarding the upcoming May parliamentary elections.