The ruling party "Georgian Dream" has announced that they will not cancel the law "On Transparency of Foreign Influence", which has become one of the reasons for the deterioration of the country's relations with Western partners and the freezing of the country's entry into the EU, the executive secretary of "Georgian Dream" said about this. Mamuka Mdinaradze, quoted by the First Channel of Georgia.
During the briefing, he was asked about the possibility of withdrawing the controversial law, to which he replied: "No. You will not be happy, but we will not withdraw it." According to Mdinaradze, if this law did not exist in Georgia, "tens of thousands of people would be standing on Rustaveli Avenue now." ) were legalized by the majority of the Georgian people," added the representative of the ruling party in Georgia.
The EU has repeatedly stated that the adoption of a similar Russian law on foreign agents has stopped Georgia's European integration. The EU has also criticized the legislative package restricting the rights of LGBT people, noting that it further distances Georgia from the EU path.
