MPs clash in Parliament discussions of bill on transparency of foreign influence amid protests
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Sunday said she would veto the controversial legislative piece, however the ruling party has enough votes to override her veto. Photo: 1tv.ge
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Members of the Georgian Parliament on Monday came to blows as the legislative body continued its final discussions of the bill on transparency of foreign influence, reintroduced by the ruling Georgian Dream party on the backdrop of ongoing public protests.
MPs from the parliamentary opposition and the ruling party came to a physical confrontation during a plenary session discussing the draft law.
The legislative piece calls for registration of non-commercial legal entities and media outlets in the country as “pursuing the interests of a foreign power” if they derive more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Sunday said she would veto the controversial legislative piece, however the ruling party has enough votes to override her veto.
The Legal Affairs Committee of the Georgian Parliament on Monday approved the bill on transparency of foreign influence, reintroduced by the ruling Georgian Dream party against public protests, in its third hearing.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Monday said “no substantial changes” would be made to a controversial domestic bill on the transparency of foreign influence during discussions with international partners on Tuesday, adding the draft law would be adopted the same day by the Parliament.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Sunday said she would “veto” the controversial domestic bill on transparency of foreign influence.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Sunday said the country’s Parliament would implement “the will of Georgian society tomorrow and the day after” by adopting the controversial domestic bill on transparency of foreign influence in its third reading.