July 26, 2001 - 23:50 AMT
15:02 GMT
Head of akhlkalak administration Melik Raisyan, representing this region of Samtskhe-Javakhetia in the Georgian Parliament, has stated today that "if Samtskhe-Javakhetia governor Gigla Baramidze does not send in his resignation, mass protest action of the population will start in this region".