The draft law on “Foreign Agencies”, which sparked protests in Georgia, was voted down by the Georgian Parliament.
G t Georgia, the opposition was reacting against the draft law on the grounds that it would restrict freedom of the press and suppress civil society organizations.
The agenda in Georgia is the “Foreign Agencies” draft law, which caused a crisis in the country.
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Following intense reactions, the ruling Georgian Dream party in Georgia took a step.
It withdrew the draft law on “Foreign Agencies”.
The withdrawal of the bill was formalized today with a vote in the Georgian parliament.
If the law had come into force, the country’s media and civil society organizations, which receive more than 20 percent of their funding from foreign sources, would have been registered as ‘foreign representative offices’.
Opponents likened the bill to a 2012 Russian law restricting press freedom.
Opponents argued that the law would distance the country from European Union membership.
The Georgian delegation to the European Union welcomed the decision to withdraw the bill.
