Reuters/George Abdaladze
REVIEW: Supporters of
opposition parties from the coalition "The Georgian Dream" take part
in a mass anti-government protest gathering in the streets of the capital
Tbilisi (Penyokong parti-parti pembangkang dari gabungan "The Dream
Georgia" mengambil bahagian dalam perhimpunan besar-besaran anti-kerajaan
protes di jalan-jalan di ibu kota Tbilisi, May 27, 2012
Anggaran berbeza berkata antara
30,000 hingga 100,000 orang telah membanjiri jalan-jalan di Tbilisi yang
terbesar dalam tempoh 3 tahun demonstrasi anti-kerajaan dalam ibi negeri
Georgia. Penunjuk perasaan berarak dari 3 arah ke Dataran Kebebasan di tengah
Tbilisi membawa bendera Georgia dan bendera Kesatuan Eropah dan NATO, sebagai
Georgia bertujuan untuk menyertai organisasi Barat.
Di dataran, orang ramai telah
ditangani oleh pemimpin pembangkang terkemuka Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili, yang
dilihat sebagai pencabar utama Presiden Mikhail Saakashvili. "Impian saya
sentiasa menjadi Georgia yang kuat dan bersatu, di mana rakyat hidup bebas dan
dibayar apa yang mereka bernilai," kata Ivanishvili yang baru parti politik
dipanggil Dreams Georgia. "Saya menunggu untuk Georgia untuk menjadi kuat
dan bersatu, tetapi tempoh peralihan selepas mencapai kemerdekaan yang
berlarutan dan saya mengambil keputusan untuk mula melawan rejim ini,"
katanya diisytiharkan.
Sekali tokoh pembangkang,
Mikhail Saakashvili menjadi presiden pada tahun 2004 selepas Revolusi Rose
melaksanakan peralihan kuasa utama di negara ini. Saakashvili telah mengambil
kursus yang pro-Barat, yang bertujuan untuk menjadi ahli Kesatuan Eropah (EU)
dan NATO dan mewujudkan hubungan dengan Amerika Syarikat. Walau bagaimanapun,
beliau telah dikritik oleh banyak dasar-dasar autoritarian seperti pesanan
penyebaran beberapa perhimpunan pembangkang.
Insiden utama yang terbaru
tahun lalu menyaksikan 2 orang terbunuh dalam pertempuran sebagai polis
menggunakan gas pemedih mata, meriam air dan peluru getah terhadap orang ramai.
PBB telah mengutuk tindakan pihak berkuasa berkata penggunaan kekerasan adalah
disproportional. Presiden Saakashvili juga telah dituduh menekan media dan
media berita yang sebahagian besarnya mengawal di negara ini. Georgia, dengan
orang hampir 4.5 juta, mempunyai hanya 3 negara saluran penyiaran berita.
Salah seorang daripada mereka
adalah dikendalikan oleh kerajaan, manakala 2 lagi mempunyai hubungan rapat
dengan Saakashvili dan pentadbiran beliau. Dengan pilihan raya parlimen dan
presiden di seluruh sudut, kekurangan kebebasan media adalah isu besar bagi
mereka yang mahu pilihanraya yang adil.
Supporters
of opposition parties from the coalition "The Georgian Dream" take
part in a mass anti-government protest gathering in the streets of the capital Tbilisi
(Penyokong parti-parti pembangkang dari gabungan "The Dream Georgia"
mengambil bahagian dalam 1 perhimpunan besar-besaran anti-kerajaan protes di
jalan-jalan di ibu kota Tbilisi) May 27, 2012 (Reuters/Irakli Gedenidze)
For more on the story watch
RT`s Maria Finoshina's report. (untuk lebih laporan tonton RT story Maria Finoshina).
Georgian
opposition supporters attend a rally in central Tbilisi (Penyokong pembangkang
Georgia menghadiri perhimpunan di tengah-tengah Tbilisi pada May 27, 2012 (AFP
Photo/Vladimmir Valishvili)
Different estimates say between
30,000 and 100,000 people have flooded the streets of Tbilisi in the largest in
three years of anti-government demonstrations in Georgia's capital. The
demonstrators marched from three directions to Freedom Square in central
Tbilisi carrying Georgian flags and the flags of the European Union and NATO,
as Georgia seeks to join the Western organizations.
On the square, the crowd was
addressed by prominent Georgian opposition leader Bidzina Ivanishvili, who is
seen as the main rival of President Mikhail Saakashvili. “My dream has always
been a strong and united Georgia, where people live freely and are paid what
they are worth,” said Ivanishvili whose new political party is called Georgian
Dreams. “I waited for Georgia to become strong and united, but the transitional
period after gaining independence dragged on and I decided to begin to fight
this regime,” he proclaimed.
Once an oppositional figure,
Mikhail Saakashvili became the president in 2004 after the Rose Revolution
effected a major power shift in the country.
Saakashvili has taken a pro-Western course, aiming for EU and NATO
membership and establishing ties with the US. However, he has been criticized
by many for authoritarian policies such as ordering the dispersal of a number
of opposition rallies.
The latest major incident a
year ago saw two people killed in clashes as police used tear gas, water
cannons and rubber bullets against the crowd. The UN has condemned the actions
of the authorities saying the use of force was disproportional. President Saakashvili has also been accused of
suppressing the media and largely controlling news media in the country. Georgia, with its almost 4.5 million people,
has only three national channels broadcasting news.
One of them is state-run,
while the two others have close ties with Saakashvili and his administration. With
parliamentary and presidential elections around the corner, the lack of free
press is a major concern for those who want fair elections.
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