A Georgian parliamentary committee this Monday rejected the president’s veto of a law on “transparency of foreign influence” that had sparked mass protests for weeks.
The decision by parliament’s legal committee allows the law to return to parliament to counter President Salome Zurabishvili’s veto and reaffirm its application, despite criticism from opponents over restrictions on media freedom who call it a “Russian law” due to its similarities to existing legislation. in Russia – and an obstacle to Georgia’s ambitions in the process of joining the European Union (EU).
The Transparency of Foreign Influence Law is almost identical to a bill that Georgia’s parliament tried to pass in 2023, but which was withdrawn after mass protests. In the new version, the ruling Georgian Dream party replaced the term “agents of foreign influence” with “organizations serving the interests of a foreign power.”
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