Parliament to consider overturning presidential veto of legislation that had sparked large protests and international condemnation
View image in fullscreenA demonstrator draped in a Georgian national flag stands in front of police during an opposition protest against the foreign influence bill at the Parliamentary building in Tbilisi.Last week, the speakers of seven European parliaments called on Georgia’s parliament to withdraw the controversial ‘foreign agents’ law.
But there is also a sense now in Georgia that the crisis is about much more than NGOs and the media, and that the country’s future – including its democracy and relationship with the west – is at stake., chairman of the German Bundestag’s foreign affairs committee, has called on Georgian lawmakers to vote against the law.
For us politicians it’s crucial, to listen to our people carefully. The message of the Georgian people is crystal clear: Stop the foreign agent law!Georgia’s parliament is expected to vote today on whether to override a presidential veto of a highly controversial ‘foreign agents’ law which has sparked mass protests and condemnation from western governments.
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