Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili's lawsuit in the Constitutional Court against the law on foreign agents will fail, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said.
"I think this lawsuit has no chance. It is just impossible to prove that transparency is bad. It is wrong in legal terms. It is impossible to prove it," Kobakhidze said.
On July 15, it became known that Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili would challenge the law on foreign agents in the Constitutional Court.
The Georgian legislature passed a bill "On Transparency of Foreign Influence", also known as the foreign agent bill, in the third reading on May 14. President Zurabichvili vetoed the law on May 18, but parliament overrode her veto on May 28.
What is Georgia's foreign agents bill?
The law applies to non-government organizations and mass media outlets that receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad.
Non-governmental organizations warned that they would not register if the law is passed because they object to the idea of branding themselves as organizations promoting the interests of a foreign entity.
The ruling party however insists that they are being classified correctly since these organizations are financed from abroad. The only thing being asked of them is that they be financially transparent.
