Mikheil Saakashvili: The number of people at today's rally is important, but not decisive - more important is the continuity of the rally, the degree of resistance and the principles of the organizers

A great ethnic cleansing of Georgia is being prepared. Another million people were forced to leave the country. We don't have much time. Of course, we also need patience, but more than patience we need aggressive resistance to the already de facto established dictatorship, - Mikheil Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, writes about this on the social network.

Saakashvili responds to the opposition's planned rally on Rustaveli Avenue today, which is being held to protest the results of the October 26 parliamentary elections.

"The number of people at today's rally is important, but not decisive. More important is the continuity of the actions, the degree of resistance and the principles of the organizers.

In the elections of October 26, the society involved inside and outside the country completely passed the test, showing the miracles of self-organization. Now, people are very angry, whether this anger will grow into a powerful protest movement depends on the leadership and coherence of the political spectrum and the civil sector.

Everyone in the world who is watching Georgia, on the one hand, is amazed by the audacity of stealing elections, on the other hand, they are waiting to see if the Georgian people have the ability to resist. Our support depends on this.

All in all, this is the case when our future is completely in our hands.

We must all realize that not only were the elections stolen, but a dictatorship has been established in Georgia, which is now eagerly waiting for Georgians to adapt to the "new reality" and then intends to finally end the remaining freedoms and carry out mass repressions. A great ethnic cleansing of Georgia is also being prepared. Another million people were forced to leave the country.

We don't have much time. Of course, we also need patience, but more than patience we need aggressive resistance to the already de facto established dictatorship.

We must fight as long as we can and then as much as necessary!" Mikheil Saakashvili wrote on Facebook.

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