Thousands of people gathered outside the Georgian parliament in Tbilisi to protest ahead of the first session of the newly elected parliament, scheduled for November 25. Speaking to RFE/RL's Georgian Service,

Protesters stage sit-in outside Georgia’s Parliament in Tbilisi over disputed election results Protesters in Tbilisi have gathered to oppose the new Parliament's first session, alleging election rigging by the Russia-aligned Georgian Dream party.

The newly elected Georgian parliament has opened its inaugural session as opposition lawmakers and the country’s ceremonial president stayed away and thousands of protesters rallied outside.

Lawmakers from Georgia's ruling party opened the first session of parliament on Monday after last month's disputed election, defying protesters outside and a boycott by opposition parties who say the vote was illegitimate.

Georgia’s ruling party convened parliament for its first session since last month’s election even as opposition lawmakers enforced a boycott and protesters continued street demonstrations over the results.

By Ailis Halligan in Tbilisi Several thousand protesters, led by Georgia’s pro-Western opposition, gathered on Tbilisi’s Rustaveli Avenue on the evening of November 24 to contest the legitimacy of the inaugural session of the new Georgian parliament.