Tbilisi/Moscow, April 09, SPA --More than 100,000 supporters of Georgia'sopposition took to the streets Today, calling for the resignationof President Mikhail Saakashvili, dpa quoted local media as reporting. Former presidential candidate Levan Gachechiladze claimed that thedemonstrators in the capital Tbilisi alone amounted to 150,000, whileindependent observers said the number was 80,000 at the most. There were also demonstrations attended by thousands in Batumi,Poti and other Georgian cities. Former Georgian foreign minister Salome Surabishvili, quoted bythe Interfax news agency, vowed that the demonstrations would not enduntil Saakashvili had stepped down. The demonstrations, which began Wednesday, were timed to coincidewith the 20th anniversary of April 9, 1989 of confrontation byGeorgians with troops of the then Soviet Union. In a wreath-laying ceremony, Saakshvili also commemorated theevent, which resulted in the deaths of 20 people and 100 injured. The 41-year-old Saakashvili was restrained in his reaction to thedemonstrations, saying that people in a democracy had the right toexpress their opinions. The opposition accuses Saakashvili of leading an authoritariangovernment, and is to blame for the disastrous August war withRussia, in which Georgia's breakaway republics Abkhazia and SouthOssetia won recognition from Moscow. Speaking to demonstrators, Gachechiladze said: "Saakashvilisuppresses Georgian values, and he has divided our country."--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/652839