The “Foreign Agents” law will be approved today in the Parliament of Georgia

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Novosti” news agency, the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze, announced in a televised interview last night that the country’s parliament members will approve the “Transparency of Foreign Influence” law in the third and final reading in a public meeting on Tuesday, May 14. .

He said: “Tomorrow, the Parliament of Georgia will act based on the rational will of the majority of Georgian people and in the third reading, it will approve the law (related to external factors) that It will play an important role in ending the situation of “so-called foreign imposed polarization”. Photos and videos of violent and violent arrests of protesters by the police emphasized that he is unhappy with the occurrence of such incidents, but this issue is not unusual in street protests and everyone should respond to any provocation with maximum tolerance.

Yesterday, Monday, the Legal Affairs Committee in the Parliament of Georgia supported the approval of the bill on foreign agents in the final and third reading. At the same time as the commission meeting, the gathering of opponents of the approval of this law continued outside the parliament building. A citizen of Moldova, Russia and the United States were arrested in these protests.

At the same time, the biggest protests against this law were held in Tbilisi on Sunday, which, according to TV channels, At least 200,000 people participated in this demonstration in Europe Square. Protesters stayed in this square all night and there were special security forces and police equipment around the crowd, but this rally was held peacefully.

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