PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY PROTEST
Burjanadze, leader of Democratic Movement-United Georgia (DMUG): “Decisive struggle will start on May 21 and I am sure… this struggle will be accomplished with success,” “We are not going to make endless speeches [at the planned rally],” she said. “We’ll make several appeals, including in address to the international community, police forces and army… I am absolutely sure that absolute majority of them [in police forces and in the army] will not fulfill illegal orders and will not confront their own people.”
Burjanadze said that “so many people will be gathered” on May 21 that it would be impossible for any riot police unit “to confront it.” She said that activists of People’s Assembly were facing harassment from the authorities, especially in the regions. The People’s Assembly said that it faces problems with transportation of its activists to Tbilisi as many drivers of minibuses were pressured not to move in direction of Tbilisi on May 21.