Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Society of Saint Ilia the Righteous (SSIR), haɗuwa da ƙungiyar addini da jam'iyyar siyasa wanda ya zama tushen motsin siyasarsa. A shekara mai zuwa, dakarun Soviet sun murkushe wani babban zanga-zangar lumana da aka gudanar a Tbilisi a ranar 4-9 ga Afrilu 1989
ya tabbatar da zama muhimmin abin da ya faru a cikin lalata ci gaba da mulkin Soviet a kasar. Ci gaban gyare-gyaren dimokiradiyya ya hanzarta kuma ya haifar da zaɓen dimokiradiyya na farko na Georgia, wanda aka gudanar a ranar 28 ga Oktoba, 1990. Jam'iyyar SSIR ta Gamsakhurdia da Kungiyar Helsinki ta Georgia sun haɗu tare da sauran ƙungiyoyin adawa don jagorantar haɗin gwiwar masu gyara da ake kira "Round Table <unk> Free Georgia" ("Mrgvali Magida <unk> Tavisupali Sakartvelo"). Hadin gwiwar ya sami nasara mai gamsarwa, tare da kashi 64% na kuri'un, idan aka kwatanta da kashi 29.6% na Jam'iyyar Kwaminis ta Georgia. A ranar 14 ga Nuwamba, 1990, an zabi Zviad Gamsakhurdia da rinjaye mafi rinjaye a matsayin shugaban Majalisar Dokokin Jamhuriyar Georgia.