Shakeup in Georgia

(Tbilisi, Georgia) Without bloodshed, a dramatic political change has occurred in Georgia. Eduard Shevardnadze relinquished his post of Georgian President to Nino Burdzhanadze. As acting President, she will have to prepare and conduct presidential elections and then parliamentary elections in Georgia.

This is good news. The last thing that part of the world needs is more armed conflict which seemed to be a real possibility a few days ago. Secretary of State Colin Powell had a telephone conversation with Burdzhanadze and noted he was glad that the Georgian conflict had been resolved constitutionally.