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Parliamentary elections on November 2, 2003 were marred by irregularities and fraud according to local and international observers. Demonstrations ensued in the streets of Tbilisi; protestors carried roses in their hands and these protests became known as the Rose Revolution. Former President Eduard Shevardnadze resigned on November 23, 2003, and the Speaker of Parliament Nino Burjanadze assumed the role of Interim President. [[Western alliance|Western]]-backed Mikheil Saakashvili was elected to a 5-year term in January 2004. Parliamentary elections were re-held in March 2004 and Saakashvili's party, National Movement, combined with Speaker Burjanadze's party, the Burjanadze-Democrats, won the majority of seats.   

Parliamentary elections on November 2, 2003 were marred by irregularities and fraud according to local and international observers. Demonstrations ensued in the streets of Tbilisi; protestors carried roses in their hands and these protests became known as the Rose Revolution. Former President Eduard Shevardnadze resigned on November 23, 2003, and the Speaker of Parliament Nino Burjanadze assumed the role of Interim President. [[Western alliance|Western]]-backed Mikheil Saakashvili was elected to a 5-year term in January 2004. Parliamentary elections were re-held in March 2004 and Saakashvili's party, National Movement, combined with Speaker Burjanadze's party, the Burjanadze-Democrats, won the majority of seats.   

According to ''[[New York Times]]'', Saakashvili institutionalized [[sodomy]] as a method of [[torture]] in Georgian prisons against political opponents.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/world/europe/a-resignation-and-protests-follow-the-release-of-prison-abuse-videos-in-georgia.html</ref><ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/09/georgias-prison-rape-scandal-and-what-it-says-about-the-rose-revolution/262720/</ref>  Unsurprisingly, Saakashvili's popularity in Georgia didn't last, and he was transferred to [[Ukraine]] and installed as the mayor of [[Odessa]] by American [[neocons]].<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/dec/16/arsen-avakov-mikheil-saakashvili-ukraine-video</ref>

According to ''[[New York Times]]'', Saakashvili institutionalized sodomy as a method of [[torture]] in Georgian prisons against political opponents.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/world/europe/a-resignation-and-protests-follow-the-release-of-prison-abuse-videos-in-georgia.html</ref><ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/09/georgias-prison-rape-scandal-and-what-it-says-about-the-rose-revolution/262720/</ref>  According to a film reported by ''[[The Atlantic]]'', sodomy is a technique used in [[Iraq]], Georgia, and Ukraine by Americans and their clients deliberately in countries with [[conservative]] social values, where such an event is the ultimate humiliation for a man, worse even than death<ref>https://youtu.be/0j0geUnWxBU?t=3061</ref>

 

Unsurprisingly, Saakashvili's popularity in Georgia didn't last, and he was transferred to [[Ukraine]] and installed as the mayor of [[Odessa]] by American [[neocons]].<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/dec/16/arsen-avakov-mikheil-saakashvili-ukraine-video</ref>

On May 24, 2005, the Parliament passed legislation to decentralize power from the central government in Tbilisi to local government authorities in the regions. Elections were held on October 5, 2006 to elect 1,732 members of 69 local councils and seven city governments.  

On May 24, 2005, the Parliament passed legislation to decentralize power from the central government in Tbilisi to local government authorities in the regions. Elections were held on October 5, 2006 to elect 1,732 members of 69 local councils and seven city governments.