In 1999, the Georgian parliament voted to change the flag, and all Shevardnadze had to do was issue a supportive decree. But the outgoing president stymied all efforts to make the change. A majority of Georgians, including the patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, have long favored adopting the five-cross banner as the nation’s official flag. The flag isn’t meant to imply that Saakashvili favors feudalism-he’s usually characterized as a pro-Western reformer-but that the opposition is fed up with Shevardnadze’s autocratic ways. The so-called five-cross flag, which dates back to Georgia’s medieval glory days, is the symbol of the main opposition party, Mikhail Saakashvili’s National Movement. What’s the meaning of the red-and-white standard? Many wave white flags adorned with red crosses, quite different from the nation’s official flag. To celebrate the resignation of President Eduard Shevardnadze, supporters of the Georgian political opposition have been parading through the streets of Tbilisi.
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