Georgian opposition urges people to go "to barricades"

Ex-Defense Minister of Georgia Irakli Okruashvili, who now heads the oppositional "Georgian Party”  urged the army officers and soldiers of the army to withdraw from the subordination to the President Mikhail Saakashvili on Saturday before the planned protests, where, as he said, the protesters would erect barricades," Interfax reported.

"Several days later the Georgian people will set up  barricades against Saakashvili and his government. During these days at the cost of great risk I will be there with my people. Your choice these days will change history. Your choice will save Georgia," says the statement of the opposition leader, released on Friday by the Georgian media.

When commenting to this statement, Georgian Interior Ministry said that Okruashvili, who is wanted by Georgian law enforcement agencies, will be arrested immediately after his arrival in the country.