Supporters of Georgian authorities rallying in Tbilisi before parliamentary election

TBILISI. Oct 23 (Interfax) - Georgia's ruling party Georgian Dream is holding a rally in central Tbilisi on Wednesday before the October 26 parliamentary election.

The rally participants, including those who have come from all regions of Georgia, have filled the Freedom Square and part of the Rustaveli Avenue.

Opening the rally, Georgian Dream General Secretary and Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said that everyone, both inside the country and outside it, should see "where the people of Georgia stand and what they want."

"We want to Europe, and we want to be good partners and friends, but we will not be anyone's vassals and slaves. The interests of Georgia are above everything," Kaladze said.

Bidzina Ivanishvili, founder and honored chairman of the ruling party Georgian Dream, said at the rally that Georgia achieved unprecedented success not only in its economic development, but also in democracy and civil society over the past few years.

Ivanishvili said it is necessary to keep peace in the country, especially amid the regional challenges, to maintain and increase successes. "It is vital to us to maintain peace amid regional wars. At the same time, peace needs to be protected here, especially now that the internal and external enemies are persistently trying to open a second front in Georgia, therefore we are now defending not only peace, but also the future of our children," Ivanishvili said.

Georgian Dream will definitely win the upcoming parliamentary election, but the victory should be more than convincing, by a constitutional majority in the parliament "to prevent anyone from dictating anything to us," he said.

"A victory by a constitutional majority will destroy in the bud all attempts to carry out revolutions and coups in our country. Such high legitimization will show the whole world to whom the people of Georgia trust power," Ivanishvili said.

The constitutional majority of the Georgian Dream is needed to try the former ruling party United National Movement in court as the initiator of the war in August 2008, he said.

"No one can tell us anymore what is good for us and how we should live. We choose peace, not war, wellbeing, not poverty. We are for a European future, based on equal relations," Ivanishvili said.