Georgia Protesters, Police Clash as President Vows to Stay
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Demonstrations in Tbilisi on Dec. 1.
Photographer: Giogi Arjevanidze/AFP/Getty Images
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Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili vowed to defy the ruling party’s plan to replace her as riot police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters during a second night of demonstrations in the capital.
Protesters gathered around the parliament building in Tbilisi on Saturday were pushed by police and special forces toward a nearby square after defying warnings to leave the area. Taxi drivers used their vehicles to form a barrier between demonstrators and riot police.