Tens of thousands of people have protested against Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia's president, in the country's capital, saying his ruling party stole victory in last week's parliamentary election. The protesters, who gathered in front of Tbilisi's parliament building, remained at the scene for four hours on Monday. Official results show Saakashvili's United National Movement won about 120 More.. out of the parliament's 150 seats, giving him a constitutional majority. European monitors said the election did not live up to Georgia's democratic potential and that it had verified cases of intimidation. However, it said that overall the vote had expressed the will of the people. The president's democratic credentials have been under intense scrutiny after he used riot police to crush protests against the government last November. The demonstrators also allege that he rigged his presidential victory in January. Deputies barred Opposition deputies tried to enter the parliament building on Monday but were barred by special service soldiers. Koba Davitashvili, a former Saakashvili ally who is now an opposition leader, called for the president to recognise the vote had been rigged. "If Saakashvili does not recognise the election as falsified then the people will move towards the place where he currently sits and demand an answer from him," Davitashvili told the crowd. The opposition said over 100,000 had gathered for the protest, but international journalists at the rally put the figure at 40,000. The lower figure would still make it the biggest protest demonstration since Saakashvili's January inauguration. 'Vote thief' Most of the protesters gathered for the rally after attending Georgia's annual Independence Day military parade, at which Saakashvili was present. Addressing the crowd, Salome Zurabishvili, an opposition leader who once served as Saakashvili's foreign minister, said: "We want these elections to be...