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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Who wants Misha's resignation?

Methinks, many people have one question in their mind these days - who wants Misha's resignation? Are these protests in Tbilisi a genuine grassroots democratic movement, or is it just a Russian-orchestrated operation to oust Mikheil Saakashvili and to replace him with a marionette?

Newsweek asked the same question to Saakashvili these days: who wants his resignation? And here is Misha's answer:
Saakashvili: Mostly unemployed people. We fired about 250,000 people as a result of our reforms. A big percentage of these people have not managed to find themselves in the new economy. Fighting corruption and crime, we put thousands of people in jail. In Tbilisi alone we convicted 8,000 people; all of their relatives are outside today, asking me to resign.
One thing sure about Saakashvili is that he is insane - to fire 250,000 people, and convict 8,000 only in Tbilisi!

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