The mass protests in Georgia continue: on Friday evening, thousands of people protested again against the planned law on “foreign influence”. In the capital Tbilisi, demonstrators marched to the Ministry of Interior, a reporter from the AFP news agency reported. The demonstrators also demanded the release of protest participants arrested in previous protests.
Many people waved the Georgian and European flags. “We will never tolerate a pro-Russian government in Georgia,” student Misha Kavtaradze told AFP.
After the so-called agents law was passed, Georgian head of state Salome Zurabishvili vetoed it last week. As AFP has learned, Parliament plans to launch proceedings on Monday to overturn the president’s veto. The Legal Affairs Committee will formally begin the process to overturn the veto on Monday, parliament’s press service told AFP. A plenary vote is scheduled for Tuesday.
The law was passed on Tuesday
The Georgian parliament passed the controversial law last Tuesday. According to this article, organizations and media that are financed for at least 20 percent from abroad will in future be required to register in the former Soviet republic as bodies “pursuing the interests of foreign powers.”
You must also submit to control by the authorities. Critics see parallels in this with the law against ‘foreign agents’ in Russia, which allows authorities there to take massive action against media and organizations critical of the government.
There have been mass protests against the law in Georgia for weeks. The passage of the law also led to international criticism. The EU, UN and NATO called on the government in Tbilisi to change course.
Source: Krone
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