Georgian opposition members gathered for a rally in front of the country's parliament on Friday ahead of President Mikheil Saakashvili's annual address to the nation.

"Why do you force us out of our homes? Why do you condemn us to starvation? Why do you deprive us of our childhood? Saakashvili, bring us our native land back!" the protesters said.

The participants of the rally, called One Citizen - One Accusation, blame the president for holding unfair elections, dispersing protests, expelling refugees and sacking schoolteachers.

A member of the Conservative Party, Lasha Chkhartishvili, said the symbolic action gathers the representatives of various social groups who have problems "authored" by the country's president.

Alexander Shalamberidze, the People's Party secretary general, said: "The action's aim is not reconciliation and the fight for our rights and freedoms. Rather than the government solving our problems, Saakashvili himself has become the problem."

Eka Beselia, who heads the oppositional Solidarity to Illegal Prisoners movement earlier called on the opposition in the Georgian parliament to demand Saakashvili's resignation.

TBILISI, February 11 (RIA Novosti)