GEORGIA TO BAN COMMUNIST PARTY?








TBILISI, MARCH 5, RIA NOVOSTI - Georgia's President Eduard Shevardnadze does not rule out an upcoming Communist Party ban. The regime will not forgive it verbal attacks on national independence, he warned.


	Though he hates "bans of whatever kind", recent Red rallies all over the country heard appeals to reinstate the Soviet Union--in other words, put an end to Georgian independence, pointed out President Shevardnadze, once USSR Minister of Foreign Affairs.


	The President does not think the Communist Party is strong enough to destabilise Georgian developments, he added.


	Meanwhile, today's 48th death anniversary of Joseph Stalin gathered more than 600 round his memorial house in Gori. Panteleimon Giorgadze, leader of Georgia's United Communist Party, called communists "to get up from their knees and fight for their rights".


	Another fifty rallied in front of the State Chancellory premises in Tbilisi to protest against the party outlawed or its activities limited, for which many political leaders are calling.