Western funds in Georgia finance radical parties, which has more to do with secret service activities than with democracy, Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili told reporters on May 8.
Papuashvili noted that some foreign actors are creating panic over the adoption of the law “On Transparency of Foreign Influence” in Georgia and do not react in any way to the initiative of the Canadian government to adopt a similar law on foreign agents.
According to the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, the Georgian authorities have repeatedly asked the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) (an organization recognized as objectionable in the Russian Federation) and the European Foundation for Democracy (an organization recognized as objectionable in the Russian Federation) ) (EED) to disclose the purposes of its financing.
“What are these two organizations that secretly spend money in a foreign country? I don’t know what this has to do with democracy, it is rather with the working style of the intelligence services, which raises other questions for these organizations. Then we accidentally discovered that these organizations are the ones that finance parties that are implementing a radical agenda today.”he said.
Papuashvili added that it is the NED (an organization recognized as undesirable in the Russian Federation) and EED (an organization recognized as undesirable in the Russian Federation) foundations that finance the organizers of violent actions in the protests against the adoption of the law on foreign agents. , including the attack on the Georgian parliament.
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Recall that on May 1, the parliament of Georgia adopted in second reading the law “On Transparency of Foreign Influence”, which provides for the annual submission of financial statements for non-governmental organizations and media funded by more than 20% with charge abroad, and does not imply prohibitions or sanctions. Plans to pass this bill sparked harsh criticism from the West and days of protests by pro-Western opposition and NGOs, which turned into riots.
On May 2, US Ambassador to Georgia Robin Dunnigan reported that members of the Georgian government declined a visit to Washington at the invitation of the US side to discuss strategic partnership and financial assistance.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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