"Refuse Political Elite" – Student’s Demonstration at TSU

A students' rally is underway at the Tbilisi State University, where the main slogan is "Refuse the Political Elite”.

The demonstrators protest the developments of June 20, namely, holding a session of the Inter-parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy at the Parliament building in the Russian language and the fact that Russian MP Sergei Gavrilov sat in the parliamentary Speaker’s chair.

The students gathered in the yard of the TSU initially stated that they are not going to change the location or participate in the rally involving political parties.

Another rally is being held on the central Rustaveli Avenue, in front of the Parliament building. Protestors are demanding the resignation of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia – Giorgi Gakharia, giving him a three-hour deadline to make a decision. Otherwise, they announce rallies will begin throughout Georgia.

Grigol Vashadze, the Chairman of the "National Movement", Gigi Ugulava, one of the leaders of "European Georgia" and other opposition leaders are on the spot. Law enforcers are mobilized on Rustaveli Avenue.

By Ana Dumbadze