Tbilisi, Nov 22: Georgia's opposition today declared one of its leaders interim president after its supporters overran parliament. Opposition leader Mikhail Saakashvili said Nino Burjanadze, Speaker of Parliament before the disputed November 02 parliamentary election, would replace Eduard Shevardnadze as President.
"Under the constitution, Nino Burjanadze is the president of the country until a new parliamentary election and new presidential election are held," Saakashvili told a press conference.
He spoke an hour after opposition protesters overran the Georgian parliament while Shevardnadze was addressing the assembly.
The oppposition has staged nearly daily protests in Georgia since the election, which the Georgian opposition and foreign governments say was rigged.
Bureau Report