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ER Editor: A reminder that the country of Georgia has been the focus of a likely color revolution by the western deep state for some time, and that the Georgian government devised a ‘foreign agents’ bill to prevent election interference from outside forces. Which met with an extreme response, no doubt whipped up by Soros-backed NGOs. The globalist French-born Georgian President, Salome Zourabichvili, recently rejected this bill but the parliament has just overridden her. See our Georgian coverage HERE.
The Georgian government does not want its country to become Ukraine 2.0. Some tweets —
Useful commentary here …
Chas Freeman, former Assistant Secretary of Defense, with a perfect description of what’s happening in Georgia.
He says that the law requiring foreign NGOs to register is the same as the US’s own Foreign Agents Registration Act, which has “set the precedent for another sixty… pic.twitter.com/EOZixZEHdL
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) May 29, 2024
Foreign interference!
The speaker of the Parliament of Georgia accused the ministers of Estonia, Iceland and Latvia of helping to overthrow the government in Tbilisi
SPOKE BEFORE DEMONSTRATERS FIGHTING AGAINST THE FOREIGN AGENTS LAW
The SPEAKER of the Georgian Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, accused… pic.twitter.com/4lW8kZkfgY
— S p r i n t e r F a c t o r y (@Sprinterfactory) May 17, 2024
“Foreign agents” law protests resume in Tbilisi, Georgia
Foreign ministers of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Iceland can be seen leading the demonstration.
If ministers of any foreign countries tried to pull the same trick in the US they would of been immediately arrested . pic.twitter.com/NKl91oXX0A
— Dagny Taggart (@DagnyTaggart963) May 15, 2024
In #Tiblisi, #Georgia, the stupid part of the population is protesting against the approval of a law that would bring more transparency to the work of foreign agents, like NGOs. But these idiots don’t want it, for they are all paid & organized by the West. pic.twitter.com/y09EolJXuN
— Like Rst ✊☠ (@rst_like) May 25, 2024
🇪🇺🇬🇪 The EU deeply regrets the Georgian Parliament’s decision to override the veto on the Foreign Agents law, according to a statement from the European Commission.
The European Union is considering all possible responses to Georgia’s adoption of the Foreign Agents law, the… pic.twitter.com/lJQyw6YLft
— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) May 28, 2024
🇬🇪🚨‼️ The law on foreign agents adopted in Georgia will strengthen the country’s sovereignty
– Prime Minister pic.twitter.com/6AkaKbeu1l
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) May 28, 2024
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Georgian parliament overrides president’s veto of ‘foreign agents’ bill
The legislation was blasted by the US and the EU and provoked protests in the former Soviet nation
RT
The Georgian parliament has pushed through the divisive ‘foreign agents’ legislation, overriding a veto of the new law by the nation’s president Salome Zourabichvili, local media reported on Tuesday.
A total of 84 MPs out of 150 voted for the president’s veto to be repealed and the bill to be passed without any changes, while only four supported the president’s stance, the reports said. Under Georgian law, a presidential veto may be overridden with a simple parliamentary majority, which would require 76 votes.
Officially known as the Transparency of Foreign Influence Act, the bill would require NGOs, media outlets, and individuals receiving more than 20% of their funding from abroad, to register as entities “promoting the interests of a foreign power” and to disclose their donors. Failure to comply would be punishable by a fine of up to $9,500.
Critics of the initiative, including opposition party members and President Zourabichvili, have branded the bill “a Russian law,” comparing it to legislation passed in Russia in 2012.
The law was initially passed by the parliament on May 14 but vetoed by Zourabichvili just four days later. According to some Georgian media reports, certain opposition MPs boycotted Tuesday’s vote altogether and left the parliament, joining a crowd of protesters outside instead.
The legislation proved to be polarizing, as it sparked weeks of street protests and clashes with police in the capital, Tbilisi. The bill was first announced in March 2023, but the government was forced to back down amid large-scale protests that erupted at that time. The riots occurred again last month when the government said it would proceed with the legislation despite pressure from the opposition.
The repeal of the veto on Tuesday also sparked immediate reaction in Brussels, which warned that it “will negatively impact Georgia’s EU path.” “The EU and its Member States are considering all options to react to these developments,” Brussels stated, without naming any specific steps it might take. The bloc “deeply regrets that the Georgian Parliament decided to override the President’s veto,” it added, urging Georgian authorities to “reverse this trend.”
Last week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that Washington would impose visa restrictions on those“undermining democracy in Georgia (ER: say what? did words just change their meaning?), as well as their family members.” He was referring to politicians backing the controversial bill. The warning was ridiculed as “comical” by the leader of the ruling Georgian Dream party’s parliamentary group.
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And thank you for all you do waking us up, Mr. Wright. We follow your work.
Thanks for reporting the news from Georgia. I followed this topic on Twitter closely until I was banned. Charles Wright.