Intensification of protests in front of the Parliament of Georgia

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Novesti” news agency, the Parliament of Georgia passed the “Transparency of Foreign Influence” bill in the second reading in the general meeting with a majority of votes last night. According to Georgian media, 83 MPs voted in favor of this bill and 23 MPs voted against it.

Of course, there was a conflict between the majority of the parliament and the opposition in this meeting. The situation became tense after the representatives of the opposition party “Meli Vahdat Movement” accused the government officials of the incident in connection with the wounding of the leader of this party, Luvan Khabishvili, by special forces. These words caused the dissatisfaction of the representatives of the ruling party “Dream of Georgia” and the two sides got into a fight.

At the beginning of the night, the participants started to create barriers and block traffic in the streets leading to the parliament in protest against the law of foreign agents, and the traffic in this area was blocked.

While the police forces of the capital continue to try to disperse the gathering and stop the demonstrators.

The Ministry of Health of Georgia this morning, Thursday, reported that eight people were injured in the protests in Tbilisi. According to this information, the victims were admitted to the hospital with severe injuries, including facial, head and body wounds, as well as poisoning and respiratory complications caused by gas inhalation.

The advice of the Prime Minister of Georgia to the police forces about patience in front of the protesters

Irakli Kabakhides, the Prime Minister of Georgia last night asked the law enforcement officers of the capital to protest against the law Foreign agents should show maximum patience and refrain from increasing violence and conflicts with them as much as possible. The Prime Minister emphasized that the ruling party is “the dream of Georgia “Despite the protests, he will approve this bill.

This is despite the fact that last night the special security forces of Georgia, after a period of non-reaction and only trying to control the situation They had to use water cannons, pepper spray and other anti-riot equipment to disperse the protesters in Tbilisi.

Previously, in the middle of April, Salome Zurabishvili, the president of Georgia, announced that if the “transparency of foreign influence” bill is approved in the third and final reading will veto this law. At the same time, Prime Minister Kabakhidze said that this draft will be approved in the third reading in two weeks and the veto of the president will be removed in four weeks.