In America, there is something called the “Foreign Agents Registration Act” (FARA).
But apparently, in Georgia this is evil, and if Americans aren’t allowed to run secretive psychological operations against the public, it will destroy democracy.
RT:
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has vetoed the divisive “foreign agents” bill, arguing that, if signed into law, it would undermine the country’s aspiration to join the EU.
The Transparency of Foreign Influence Act, which sparked weeks of street protests and clashes with police in the capital Tbilisi, was passed by Georgia’s parliament on Tuesday.
The legislation would require NGOs, media outlets, and individuals receiving more than 20% of their funding from abroad, to register as entities “promoting the interests of a foreign power” and disclose their donors. Failure to comply would be punishable by a fine of up to $9,500.
The critics have labeled the bill “a Russian law,” comparing it to legislation that was passed in 2012 in Russia and has since been significantly expanded. They argue that, if passed into law, the bill would be used to crack down on the opposition.
There is simply no possible way that anyone could claim this is unreasonable, unless they were being paid to claim that.
These Georgians have been protesting with American flags.
If they are not paid, what is their agenda?
They just really like the idea of foreign organizations operating in secret to influence public opinion?
Who can defend this?
Are these people not witnessing what is happening to the other allies of America?
Ukraine is in a major war, and Armenia just got huge amounts of territory annexed.