Georgian Dream activists demand meeting with Prime Minister Ivanishvili
TBILISI. April 8 (Interfax) - Twenty-five activists of the ruling coalition Georgian Dream went on hunger strike in front of the building of the Georgian State Chancellery in the early hours of Monday.
According to the protesters who came from the city of Martvili, Western Georgia, the protesters are demanding a meeting with the prime minister.
The protesters are not specifying what brought them to Tbilisi, saying they demand a meeting with Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili to tell them what is really going on in the regions.
The protesters said they will not leave until they meet with the prime minister.
The protesters from Martvili are saying virtually nothing has changed in their region since the October 1 parliamentary elections and everything is again controlled by representatives of the party United National Movement, which is led by President Mikheil Saakashvili.
In the majority of the Georgian regions, local administrations are composed of members of United National Movement, which won the 2010 elections. The next elections to the local administrations in Georgia are scheduled for 2014, but Georgian Dream has managed to change its administration in some regions of the country. The opposition accused the government of pressure and blackmail during the process.