They didn’t present an argument why the civil society in Georgia will be threatened by what doesn’t pose a threat to the civil society in Europe. Such a comment made today Mamuka Mdinaradze, the leader of the parliamentary majority, while responding to the statement of the UN representative.

“They didn’t present an argument why the civil society in Georgia will be threatened by what does not pose a threat to the civil society in Europe. There is no official structure or person in the world, including our friendly countries, whose position we share without argument.

If someone tells us why something that is not harmful in Europe, the US, Israel, etc., is disturbing and damaging, including for the civil sector and democracy, then we will think.

But why exactly the same approach is good in Europe and bad in Georgia, someone tell me and I will think about it.

In 2023 we said that we would not pass the law, we would not reverse it, and in Georgia extremism, LGBT propaganda and a thousand other things were black-financed, and a lot more “black money” was coming in”, - said Mamuka Mdinaradze.

The Georgian representation of the UN expresses deep concern over the re-introduction of the draft law “On transparency of foreign influence”. As they said, the mentioned bill “will endanger the activities of civil society and the media and their most important contribution to the development of Georgia’s democracy and society as a whole”.