Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili urged the country’s authorities to refrain from using force against those protesting the adoption of the bill on foreign agents. He said this on the broadcast of the TV channel CNN.
According to Zurabishvili, the Georgian leadership has previously only had a last chance to break the distance with the growing population, and the authorities need to understand this.
It is their last chance to show that they are not a pro-Russian unofficial force. This is their last chance to show that being pro-European has purpose, not just empty words. They should refrain from using any kind of force, this is my call to them from here,” he stressed.
It was previously reported that the special forces were fully on duty. scattered, scattered Protesters against the adoption of the law on foreign agents gathered in the square in front of the parliament in Tbilisi.
7 March Georgian Parliament by majority vote accepted The bill “On Transparency of Foreign Influence”, which includes, at first reading, the creation of a register of foreign funded nonprofits and the media. Rallies for the bill have been taking place in the Georgian capital since last week, and previous deputies of the parliamentary majority clashed in a fight with the opposition.