In Tbilisi on the evening of April 30, another protest against the law on “foreign agents” began. Police blocked part of the crowd behind the parliament building.
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Police officers use pepper gas against protesters near the Georgian Parliament building, BBC correspondents report.
The protesters are protesting against the bill “On Transparency of Foreign Influence,” which parliament began considering in the second reading on Tuesday.
The parliamentarians did not have time to complete the discussion and it was decided to postpone the vote to Wednesday.
Police earlier began pushing protesters away from the service entrance to the parliament building and detained several people.
Some of the protesters moved to the office of Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. The police blocked the approaches to the building.
Earlier, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs called on protesters near parliament to unblock the exits from the building and warned of responsibility for violating the law.
Subsequently, the police began using pepper gas against protesters in Tbilisi.
The protesters are protesting against the bill “On Transparency of Foreign Influence,” which parliament began considering in the second reading on Tuesday. The parliamentarians did not have time to complete the discussion and it was decided to postpone the vote to Wednesday.
Police earlier began pushing protesters away from the service entrance to the parliament building and detained several people.
On April 29, about 100 thousand people came out to protest against the “law on foreign agents” in Tbilisi.
Participants in the march chanted the name of the country and the slogan “No to Russian law.” The inscription “Russia is an occupier” and the flag of Georgia were designed on the parliament building. The opposition claims that the law on “foreign agents” is being adopted by the ruling party on instructions from Moscow. The authors of the bill deny this.
Source: Racurs
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