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ISTANBUL
A Georgian parliamentary committee expressed help Monday for a second studying of a controversial invoice on “overseas brokers” which critics declare will undermine democracy and has triggered main protests within the capital Tbilisi since its first studying was accredited.
The parliament’s authorized affairs committee mentioned the draft invoice throughout a session, the nation’s public broadcaster 1TV reported, saying the discussions resulted in some adjustments to the second article of the invoice, significantly the inclusion of the phrase “non-commercial” to suggest the registration of such organizations and media shops.
The invoice requires organizations, together with media shops, which obtain greater than 20% of their funding from overseas to register with the state registry. It additionally obliges them to publish annual monetary reviews.
The nation’s parliament accredited the primary of three readings required to undertake the invoice throughout a plenary session on April 17. It’s anticipated to vote on the second studying of the invoice on Tuesday.
The invoice, first launched in March 2023, was shelved after it triggered mass protests ensuing within the arrest of 66 folks and the damage of greater than 50 regulation enforcement officers.
Earlier this month, Mamuka Mdinaradze, the parliamentary chief of the ruling Georgian Dream celebration, mentioned they are going to resubmit the draft laws on the “transparency of overseas affect” to parliament.
Critics say the invoice would undermine democracy and have labeled it as a “Russian regulation,” however members of the ruling majority say it might enhance transparency.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili additionally declared that she would veto the invoice. Nevertheless, Georgian Dream can override the president’s veto by accumulating 76 votes, after which the nation’s parliament speaker can signal the invoice into regulation.
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