15 November 2003, 15:17

Opposition has finished its meeting in Tbilisi, but its leaders declare actions of disobedience will continue

The opposition action at the Parliament building was halted on Friday night. Only a few young people, obviously protecting the stretched placards and flags, remained at the building in the Saturday morning.

Last night about ten representatives of the opposition ? mainly deputies of the active parliament and Tbilisi City Administration - who had claimed the day before that they were going on hunger-strike in the building of the Central Election Commission as a protest against the falsified elections also left the building, "apparently for mattresses", said security guards.

After the Friday meeting the opposition took a time-out to gather strength so that to hold the actions of disobedience which one of the opposition leaders Mikhail Saakashvili called his supporters to.

Source: Interfax News Agency

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