Mamuka Mdinaradze, leader of the parliamentary majority and secretary general of the Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia party, called on the opposition and those opposed to “stop the hysteria” regarding the draft law on foreign agents. The portal reports this newsgeorgia.ge.
He emphasized that the ruling party sees no reason to criticize the bill. Mdinaradze added that the parliamentary majority wants to pass the law before the end of the spring term, which will be held on the last Friday of June.
Before reportedThe ruling Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia party will reintroduce a bill on foreign agents to the country’s parliament, he said. According to him, the parliamentary majority took this decision after consulting with the political council.
In March, Sozar Subari, chairman of the Georgian People’s Power party, said that a law “on the transparency of foreign influence” should be adopted because the country must protect its sovereignty and democracy.
On March 10, 2023, the Georgian parliament voted overwhelmingly against the foreign agents law following mass protests in the country. At that time, Georgia’s current Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili stated that the authorities did not plan to return to this law.
Previously Georgian MPs nearly got into a fight over “an analogue of Russian law”.