In 2007, a series of anti-government protests took place across Georgia. The demonstrations peaked on 2 November 2007, when 40,000–50,000[1] rallied in downtown Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.[2] People protested against the allegedly corrupt government of president Mikheil Saakashvili. Protests triggered by detention of Georgian politician Irakli Okruashvili on charges of extortion, money laundering, and abuse of office during his tenure as defense minister of the country[3] were organized by the National Council, an ad hoc coalition of ten opposition parties, and financed by the media tycoon Badri Patarkatsishvili.[4] Demonstrations occurred both in September and November 2007 and were initially largely peaceful. The protests went downhill by 6 November 2007, but turned violent the next day when the police, using heavy-handed tactics, including tear gas and water cannon, unblocked Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi's main boulevard, dislodged the protesters from the territory adjoining to the House of Parliament, and prevented the demonstrators from resuming the protests. The government accused the Russian secret services of being involved in an attempted coup d'état and declared a nationwide state of emergency later that day which lasted until 16 November 2007.
On 8 November 2007, President Saakashvili announced a compromise solution to hold an early presidential election for 5 January 2008. He also proposed to hold a referendum in parallel to snap presidential elections about when to hold parliamentary polls – in spring as pushed for by the opposition parties, or in late 2008.[5]
It is said to have been the worst political crisis in Georgia since the Rose Revolution in 2003 that brought Saakashvili's government to power in the first place.[2]
^Thousands Rally in Capital Against Georgia President, The New York Times
^ ab"Tear gas used on Georgia protest". BBC News. 7 November 2007. Archived from the original on 7 November 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2007.
^Former Defense Minister Detained In Georgia. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 27 September 2007.
^"Patarkatsishvili Pledges to Finance Protest Rallies". Civil Georgia. 28 October 2007. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020.
^"Saakashvili Calls Snap Presidential Polls, Plebiscite". Civil Georgia. 8 November 2007. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021.
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