20,000 Georgians seek to oust leader

THOUSANDS of Georgians took their campaign to oust Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili to his office yesterday, the fifth day of protests against his rule.

Several thousand marched on the newly-built presidential residence that looks down on the Mtkvari River in Tbilisi, whistling and chanting “Misha, Go!”

They pledged to stay there until Saakashvili, commonly known as Misha, resigns over his record on democracy and last year’s disastrous war with Russia.