On April 15, members of the Georgian parliament started a fight during the consideration of the draft law on foreign agents at a meeting of the legal committee.
The meeting was broadcast on the website of the Georgian parliament.
How members of the Georgian parliament fought over the law on foreign agents
It all started when the leader of the opposition Citizens party, Aleko Elisashvili, ran up to the podium and punched the executive secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream party, Mamuka Mdinaradze, in the head.
Other deputies joined the fight, after which the broadcast was interrupted.
After the incident, Elisashvili told reporters that the adoption of this bill should not be allowed.
Everyone who loves Georgia, go outside! – the parliamentarian called.
Law on Foreign Agents in Georgia
On March 7 last year, the Georgian parliament adopted the bill on foreign agents in the first reading. Protests began in Tbilisi, which were dispersed using water cannons and tear gas.
According to the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs, 133 people were detained at the protests. The bill was later withdrawn from parliament.
On April 3, Georgian Dream reintroduced it to parliament. The term “agent of foreign influence” in the document was replaced by “an organization pursuing the interests of a foreign power”; the rest remained unchanged.
According to the explanatory note, the bill provides for the registration of non-profit legal entities and media outlets whose income (more than 20%) comes from abroad.
Also, all foreign agent organizations must be registered in the state register.
Protests have resumed in Tbilisi demanding the withdrawal of the document. The opposition claims that it is an analogue of the Russian one.
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov called such statements absurd, recalling that the United States was the first to come up with a system of fighting foreign agents, and now it has become a global practice.
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