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Georgia's Legal Issues Committee endorses overriding presidential veto on agents’ law

Salome Zourabichvili, President of Georgia

27 May 2024 13:18 (UTC +04:00)

Legal Issues Committee of the Parliament of Georgia endorsed overriding of the Presidential veto of the foreign agents law, despite the unprecedented international and the domestic pressure. The ruling Georgian Dream is expected to override the veto in the plenary session tomorrow, on May 28. If the veto is overridden in the plenary session, the bill becomes law, APA reports citing Civil Georgia.

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili vetoed the law on May 18, arguing that “in its essence and spirit [this law] is a Russian law that contradicts our Constitution and all European standards, and therefore it’s an obstacle to our European path.”