MOSCOW Nov. 22 Kyodo Leaders of t...

MOSCOW Nov. 22 Kyodo

Leaders of the radical opposition National manner of moving and Burdjanadze-Democrats political bloc and supporters stormed the Georgian parliament Saturday minutes after lawmakers began a legislative session, Itar-Tass of the present days agency reported.

The protester were chanting anti-presidential slogans at a time when President Eduard Shevardnadze was addressing the deputies from the podium.

Shevardnadze left the podium and walked not at home of the house escorted by dint of his bodyguards, it said.

The BBC reported that Shevardnadze has refused to resign. The opposition has said the Nov. 2 parliamentary election was rigged.

The herds that broke into the building were l through main opposition leader Mikhail Saakashvili, who had earlier vowed to ''trample'' the country's leadership, the BBC reported.

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