Georgia’s ruling party withdraws draft law on “foreign agents”

The EU welcomed the decision and called on the country’s authorities to continue pro-European reforms.

ruling party Georgian dream and movement The power of the people decided to withdraw from the country’s parliament the bill on “foreign agents”, which caused mass protests. This was reported on March 9 by the Echo of the Caucasus.

It was noted that the authorities satisfied the demand of the demonstrators, who on March 7-8 held thousands of rallies near the parliament building.

“We see that the adopted bill has caused controversy in society. The Lie Machine has shown the bill in a negative light and deceived a certain part of the population. The bill has been falsely labeled as a “Russian law”, and its adoption in the first reading was presented in the eyes of a part of the public as a departure from the European course,” the ruling party said in a statement and The power of the people.

At the same time, when “the emotional background subsides,” the political forces intend to explain to the public “why the bill was adopted and why it is important to ensure the transparency of foreign influence” in Georgia.

The EU Delegation welcomed the decision to withdraw the controversial bill.

“We call on all Georgian political leaders to continue pro-European reforms in an inclusive and constructive manner in accordance with the 12 priorities so that Georgia can receive candidate status,” the Mtavari channel quoted the statement as saying. diplomatic department as saying.

Recall that after the adoption by the Parliament of Georgia of the first reading of the law on “foreign agents”, protests took place in the center of Tbilisi for two days, accompanied by clashes with the police.

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