Former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashavili has called on citizens of Tbilisi to continue the protests, even though the authorities have made concessions and decided to hold the 2020 parliamentary elections through the proportional representation system.

“Now leader of the ruling Georgian Dream Party Bidzina Ivanishvili must release Georgy Gakharia and all the detainees and immediately designate early elections through the proportional representation system and release director of the Central Electoral Commission Tamara Zhvania,” Saakashvili said in a video posted on Facebook.