I’ve not noticed this being castigated as a “step in the wrong direction”
NATO has warned Georgia that its approval of new contentious legislation branding overseas-funded NGOs as “foreign agents” was a “step in the wrong direction”.
It was also a move “away from European and Euro-Atlantic integration”, the military alliance that Georgia aspires to one day join said on Wednesday, a day after the United States warned that the “Kremlin-style” law would force it to reassess ties with the country.
What, wait?! “Kremlin-style” law??
Respect the right to peaceful protest? Haven’t seen that respect taking place in Canada or the US.
The law requires media and nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) and other nonprofit groups to register as “pursuing the interests of a foreign power” if they receive more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad.
I don’t see a problem with that. Do you?
Why is the President meeting with FM’s from other nations to talk about the next steps? What role is Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia and Iceland playing in these protests
President Salome Zourabichvili, who is increasingly at odds with the governing party, has promised to veto the bill, but Georgian Dream has a majority sufficient to override it. Zourabichvili has 14 days to act.
On Tuesday, she met with the foreign ministers of Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia and Iceland who visited Tbilisi in connection with the controversial legislation.
“We talked about what the next steps are. I very clearly explained to the representatives of friendly countries that with my veto, I would under no circumstances enter into some fake, artificial, deceitful negotiations. No and never!” she said after the meeting
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CSIS pushes “Kremlin style laws” for Canada while the NATO Europeans moralize about other nation’s business as they crush peaceful protests in their own countries with militarized police. Many in the ‘West’ act like petulant toddlers not recognizing the taste of hypocrisy in their mouths as they are choking on it.
Pride comes before the fall.
“CSIS pushes “Kremlin style laws” for Canada”
Right? I mean, come one with this crap already!
So many days I shake my head and go “what the hell”?