Mikheil Saakashvili was sworn in for a second five-year term on Sunday as
President of Georgia, the former Soviet Republic. He re-stated his
intention to increase and instate social welfare programs, but many
see this as only an attempt to quell the vocal opposition. As
Saakashvili gave his inaugural speech, opposition parties rallied in
another part of the capital, still demanding an election run-off. The
opposition claims the January 5th elections, in which Saakashvili
polled over 53 percent of the votes, were rigged. A European election
monitoring organization reported 23 percent of the vote counts at
polling station were "bad or very bad." And vote tampering
was reported at 8 percent of the stations. Deborah Wild in Tbilisi
has the latest developments.