Georgia votes in local polls on Saturday as the country’s opposition urges thousands to take to the streets in a “last chance” to save democracy, with the government warning of a tough response to those it casts as seeking “revolution”.

The ruling Georgian Dream party faces its first electoral test since a disputed parliamentary poll a year ago plunged the Black Sea nation into turmoil and froze prospects for closer EU integration.

The normally low-key municipal vote has acquired high stakes after months of raids on independent media, restrictive laws on civil society, and jailings of opponents and activists.

Imprisoned reformist ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili has urged supporters to take to the streets on election day for what he said would be the “last chance” to save Georgian democ

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