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Georgian parliament committee rejects presidential veto of the legislation to disclose NGO funding (apnews.com)

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[–] SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.ml 47 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (9 children)

“I do believe that if there is proper understanding of the objective of this law, nobody would prove why transparency can go against European integration,” Bochorishvili said

That part, that fucking part! Transparency should not disqualify them from joining the EU and if it does then that is a huge red flag. Why join an organization that demands opaqueness? The protesters still baffle me… did anyone see the video of said protestors doing the Hunger Games three finger salute? Embarrassing…

[–] thetaT@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

As a Georgian, NONE of the protesters I asked could actually tell me what the law was. all that knew was that it was "Russian" and that they needed to burn the city for it.

I recommend reading this interview with Temur Pipia (First Secretary of the Unified Communist Party of Georgia) for better details (there's also a video of him punching a NAFO member floating around somewhere). It's an old interview by now but its just as relevant:

https://socialistvoice.ie/2023/06/extract-from-interview-with-temur-pipia-1st-secretary-of-the-unified-communist-party-of-georgia/

[–] SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Did the protestors have a media liaison that could possibly answer much better than that 😭 that actually really sucks, the least they could know is what the actual law says, damn. Anyway thanks for linking that interview, it was a very intriguing read and I did see that video of Pipia punching that guy (skinny guy with a black anti-communist shirt?), it was incredibly iconic, we need more footage for NAFO and Nazis getting beat.

[–] thetaT@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The media's even worse. I don't watch much cable news, but the other day I overheard my grandma watching a segment about "Putin's plans to create a new Soviet Union".

Is there a version of that "Xi, Please" image with Putin instead?

[–] SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 months ago

I have the same experience at my house with hearing the news my grandma is watching, its in Portuguese so I don’t understand everything but they talk a LOT about Ukraine and Russia (very pro-Ukraine), one of the guys on the news is also very anti-communist and USSR so there’s that element added too. It’s funny how the media in Portugal is similar to Georgia…

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