Georgia celebrates 21st anniversary of Rose Revolution
On November 23, 2003, protesters in Tbilisi holding roses forced Eduard Shevardnadze to resign as president of Georgia. This happened after massive violations during the elections.
Shevardnadze resigned, and in January 2004, Mikheil Saakashvili was elected president. The Rose Revolution resulted in large-scale reforms aimed at combating corruption and bureaucracy, as well as Georgia's integration into Euro-Atlantic structures.
Today, Mikheil Saakashvili is in prison, and the modern opposition with his followers also opposes the results of the elections held on October 26, which, in their opinion, were falsified.
The convicted former president of Georgia said that protesters should "show firmness and put pressure on the police, who are much fewer in number."
Saakashvili secretly returned to Georgia from Ukraine on September 29, 2021, and was detained on October 1. He was sentenced to 6 years in prison, and the court is considering three more cases against him. Since May 2022, the ex-president has been serving his sentence in the Vivamed clinic instead of prison.
