The Parliament of Georgia approved the “Foreign Factors” bill

According to Mehr News Agency to According to Euror News, the Parliament of Georgia on Tuesday passed a controversial bill called “Foreign Agents”, according to which non-governmental organizations in this country that receive more than 20% of their budget from abroad must be registered as foreign agents. be approved.

According to this media, the ruling party of Georgia, which holds the majority of the country’s parliament, had announced that this bill is necessary for the transparency of the activities of non-governmental organizations and to prevent the “influence of foreign factors”.

On the other hand, opponents and Western countries consider this bill similar to a law in Russia that helped the government of this country to prevent the activities of many non-governmental organizations whose budgets were partly or entirely funded from outside the borders of Russia. stop.

The approval of this law took place after weeks of strong and widespread protests in Georgia, which were accompanied by clashes between protesters and the police, as well as the arrest of some.

Protests in which tens of thousands of people came to the streets and expressed their anger and dissatisfaction with this bill.

This decision, which was taken by the ruling party of Georgia known as “Georgian Dream” despite the opposition of the president, opponents and civil society, is a controversial law and leads to a deep gap between the involved parties. led.

In recent days, the streets of Tbilisi have witnessed large and continuous demonstrations by protesters with the slogan “Yes to Europe, no to Russian law”.