Scuffle at Parliamentary Committee Hearing on Foreign Agents Law
Tempers flared today at the deliberations on the Foreign Agents’ draft law at the Legal Affairs Committee as Aleko Elisashvili, an opposition lawmaker from the Citizens’ Party, punched Mamuka Mdinaradze, the leader of the parliamentary majority of the ruling Georgian Dream party.
The committee hearing was immediately suspended and the MPs left the room along with the journalists.
“They are dragging us to Russia… It is not time to sit at home, we must drive them out,” Elisashvili said after the incident.
Parallel to the discussion of the so-called “Foreign Agents Law” in the Legal Affairs Committee of the Parliament, citizens rally against the law near the Parliament building.
After a short while, the Legal Committee resumed its deliberations.
Also Read:
- 15/04/2024 – Citizens Rally Near Parliament Building as Discussions Begin over Foreign Agents’ Law
- 10/04/2024 – U.S. Ambassador Reiterates “Serious Concern” about Foreign Agents’ Law, Rejects Similarity with FARA
- 10/04/2024 – U.S. State Department Says New Legislation “Moving Georgia Away from Europe”
- 09/04/2024 – International Reactions to Reintroduction of Draft Law on Foreign Agents
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