Mobilization of special forces began in the city.
Today in the capital of Georgia, Tbilisi more than a hundred people came out to a rally against the bill “on foreign agents”. Mass rallies were held last year during the consideration of this law. Then the law was not supported, after which the rallies stopped. This year, the ruling Georgian Dream party has again introduced the bill to the parliament.
The protesters hold placards “Because of the Russian law we are losing Europe”, “We choose Europe, not Russia”, as well as flags of Georgia and the European Union. As well as slogans “no to the Russian law” and that “they will not let Russia turn Georgia into its province”. Police are on duty near the Parliament building and special forces are mobilized in the courtyard of the Government Administration, Georgian media reports.
Also today it became known that more than 400 organizations have issued a joint statement saying that the draft law “on foreign agents” initiated in the Parliament is a Russian authoritarian tool to suppress freedom of speech.
Parliamentary Secretary of the President Giorgi Mskhiladze stated that President Salome Zurabishvili will definitely veto the draft law on “foreign agents”.
