The Georgian Parliament's Legal Commission discussed and adopted a new bill on foreign agents in the first reading, which is a precise copy of the Law of Fara (Foreign Agents' Registration Act). The sitting of the commission was broadcast on the parliament website.
"It is important that we have legal leverage, as we have in the United States, if the American people have the right to protect its sovereignty through effective mechanisms, then the Georgian people have no less right to guarantee our sovereignty.
Therefore, by the decision of the Georgian Dream team and the initiative of the faction was the literal translation of the American Law on Registration of Foreign Agents, "said Archil Gorduladze, Chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee.
In early February, the Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia party announced that it would adopt analogue of the American version of the Law on Foreign Agents, Fara.
