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Georgian Parliament Speaker Signs Controversial Foreign Influence Bill Into Law
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The Georgian government has passed a controversial bill requiring media outlets, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and nonprofit groups to register as "pursuing the interests of a foreign power". The law was signed by Prime Minister Shalva Papuashvili after the legislature overrode President Salome Zourabichvili's veto. Critics have been protesting for weeks, arguing that the bill will restrict media freedom and stifle dissenting voices.
I signed today the law on transparency of foreign influence, whose main goal is to strengthen the sustainability of Georgia's political, economic, and social systems.
If non-governmental organizations and mass media want to participate in the decision-making process and influence the life of the Georgian people with funding from foreign governments, they must meet the minimum standard of transparency — the public must know who is behind each actor.
Now the law has already come into force and we all have to act pragmatically, with a cool mind and put aside unnecessary emotions.
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- 1.US Foreign Policy
- 2.Russian Foreign Policy
- 3.Protests
- 4.Authoritarianism
- 5.Freedom of Speech
- 6.European Commission under Ursula von der Leyen
- 7.Freedom of the press
- 8.Hungary under Viktor Orbán
- 9.Russia-Georgia Ties
