TBILISI — The Georgian authorities’s plans to model Western-funded NGOs, media retailers and marketing campaign teams as “international brokers” had been rejected by the nation’s president on Saturday, however the ruling social gathering vows to cross them into legislation regardless of widespread public protests and worldwide outcry.
Talking at a press convention within the capital of Tbilisi on Saturday, President Salome Zurabishvili confirmed she had vetoed the invoice — which was awaiting her signature after being handed in parliament earlier this week. Critics say the proposals, which might apply to organizations that obtain greater than 20 p.c of their funding from overseas, are just like ones utilized by the Kremlin to quash dissent in Russia.
“This legislation is, in its essence, in its spirit, a Russian legislation, which contradicts our structure and all European requirements, and is an impediment to the European path,” Zurabishvili mentioned.
