Georgian Parliament discusses President’s veto on transparency law at plenary session amid protests
Zourabichvili last week vetoed the law, but the ruling party has enough votes in the Parliament to override the veto. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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The Georgian Parliament on Tuesday started discussions of the veto on the controversial law on transparency of foreign influence by the country’s President Salome Zourabichvili at a plenary session, on the backdrop of ongoing public protests.
Media reports said Parliament would discuss Zourabichvili’s remarks for the veto, which said the law failed to correspond to the Constitution of Georgia, the fundamental rights and freedoms guaranteed by the constitution, as well as the process of the country's European integration.
The law requires 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.
Its adoption by the Parliament has been followed by public protests and criticism from Georgia’s foreign partner states.
Zourabichvili last week vetoed the law, but the ruling party has enough votes in the Parliament to override the veto.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and MPs from the ruling Georgian Dream party on Monday discussed the veto on the domestic law on transparency of foreign influence by the country’s President Salome Zourabichvili at a session held in the central office of the party, the GD press office said.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Saturday vetoed the law on transparency of foreign influence, reintroduced by the ruling Georgian Dream party against the backdrop of ongoing public protests and criticism from Georgia’s foreign partner states.
The Georgian Parliament on Tuesday adopted in the final hearing the bill on transparency of foreign influence, reintroduced by the ruling Georgian Dream party on the backdrop of ongoing public protests.
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