Critics of ‘foreign agents’ law say it could dash Tbilisi’s hopes of joining the European Union
Georgia’s president, Salome Zourabichvili, has said she intends to veto the law if it crosses her desk but the parliament could override her veto. She expressed solidarity with the protesters on Tuesday.
“Nobody needs this law … everyone who has voted for this law has violated the constitution,” she said. People suffering from the effects of teargas were being treated on the steps outside the parliament building., but my government doesn’t understand it”, said 30-year-old protester Demetre Shanshiashvili.again,” he added, referring to the almost two centuries Georgia spent as part of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union.
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