From Wikipedia

The 2007 Georgian demonstrations were a series of anti-government protests in Georgia. The demonstrations peaked on November 2, 2007, when 50,000[citation needed] rallied in downtown Tbilisi, capital of Georgia.

People protested against the allegedly corrupt government of president Mikheil Saakashvili. Protests triggered by detention of Georgian politician Irakli Okruashvili on charges of extortion, money laundering, and abuse of office during his tenure as defense minister of the country were organized by the National Council, an ad-hoc coalition of ten opposition parties, and financed by the media tycoon Badri Patarkatsishvili.

Demonstrations occurred both in September and November 2007 and were initially largely peaceful. The protests went downhill by November 6, 2007, but turned violent the next day when the police, using heavy-handed tactics, including tear gas and water cannon, unblocked Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi's main boulevard, dislodged the protesters from the territory adjoining to the House of Parliament, and prevented the demonstrators from resuming the protests. The government accused the Russian secret services of being involved in an attempted coup d'etat and declared a nationwide state of emergency later that day which lasted until late November 16, 2007.

On November 8, 2007, President Saakashvili announced a compromise solution to hold early presidential elections for January 5, 2008. He also proposed to hold a referendum in parallel to snap presidential elections about when to hold parliamentary polls – in spring as pushed for by the opposition parties, or in late 2008.'

From the OSCE report 22nd May 2008

'Following the breakdown of dialogue between the government and the opposition. the election process was changed two months prior to the election without concensus among key stakeholders and in a manner viewed by the opposition as favouring the United National Movement

The wide variation of the number of voters registered in individual single-mandate constituencies undermines the fundamental principle of the equality of the vote.'

The distinction between state activities and the UNM campaign was ofetn blurred.
A number of the latest UEC ammendments enabled the use of administrative resources for campaign purposes and allowed political officials to mix campaign activities with official duties contrary to OSCE commitments which stipulate a clear seperation between state and party.

The numerous allegations of intimidation of candidates, party activists and state employees negatively affected the campaign environment . While difficult to verify some of the claims examined by the OSCE/ODIHR EOM were found to be credible........'

lots of room for finding 'solutions' yet - joining NATO is not one of them IMHO