IDADI YA WATU WALIOSOMA HABARI HII: The Georgian opposition has presented President Saakashvili with an ultimatum: either he declares a referendum on a snap presidential election within ten days – or they will hold one themselves.

On Monday Georgia’s former UN Ambassador Irakly Alasania, who quit his post shortly after the five-day Georgia-South Ossetia war, has announced that a new political movement ‘Alliance for Georgia’ has been set up.

It unites Alasania’s team with other opposition groups – the New Rights party (leader David Gamkrelidze) and the Republican party (leader David Usupashvili).

“The alliance has been created as a strong alternative to the existing authority. Having wide support from the society, it will replace Saakashvili and his regime,” Russian news website Gazeta.ru quotes Alasania as saying.

Alasania has reminded that the referendum is a constitutional right of the country’s citizens and added his team will use all possible means, including international monitoring, not to let falsify the results of the referendum.