Opposition leader calls on protesters to besiege Parliament building
The protesters will not let the Parliament members hold the plenary session tomorrow and will continue “peaceful” picketing until their demands are not met, including the removal of the bill and release of the arrested protesters, Vashadze said. Photo via IPN
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Giorgi Vashadze, the Chair of the Strategy Agmashenebeli opposition party, called on the participants of the rally to besiege the Parliament building, who have been gathered to protest the adoption of the bill on transparency of foreign influence by the legislative body at the first hearing, the Public Broadcaster said on Wednesday.
The protesters will not let the Parliament members hold the plenary session tomorrow and will continue “peaceful” picketing until their demands are not met, including the removal of the bill and release of the arrested protesters, Vashadze said.
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The participants of the rally broke the windows of the legislative body and removed the barriers, throwing rocks at law enforcement officers, after which the police used a water cannon against them, the Public Broadcaster noted.
In its turn, the Internal Ministry announced its forces were mobilised to ensure the public order and called on the protesters, organisers of the rally and political leaders “not to go beyond the limits” of the law on freedom of assembly and expression.
The Georgian police detained ten more people for disobedience to law enforcement during a protest outside the Parliament building in Tbilisi after the legislative body gave its initial backing to a proposed bill on transparency of foreign influence in its first reading, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.
The first hearing of the draft law on Registration of Foreign Agents, scheduled for tomorrow, will no longer be discussed at the plenary session of the Parliament, the local news agency Interpressnews said on Wednesday.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Wednesday published the letter sent by the official to Bazy Malaurie, the President of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, for requesting the body’s opinion on the controversial bill on transparency of foreign influence that has met by a backlash in Georgia.
Georgia’s Special Investigation Service on Wednesday announced it was investigating alleged instances of abuse of power by law enforcement officers during a rally in central Tbilisi late on Tuesday that protested the controversial domestic bill on transparency of foreign influence.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Wednesday called on citizens currently gathered in front of the Parliament building, who are protesting the approval of the transparency bill by the legislative body on Tuesday, to “remain within the legal framework of peaceful assembly".
Giorgi Vashadze, the leader of the Strategy Agmashenebeli opposition party, on Wednesday called on the participants of the rally to besiege the Parliament building.