Ruling party official says FARA law will be tabled in legislative body this week

Mamuka Mdinaradze, the Executive Secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Monday said the United States Foreign Agents Registration Act would be initiated this week in the legislative body.

In his remarks, Mdinaradze noted that the media law modelled after the British legislation would also be tabled this week.

“Also, this week, the American FARA law will be tabled, [as well as] the media law, which mainly concerns fake news and will be adopted taking into account the principles of the British model”, Mdinaradze said.

“Also, the initial versions of the draft laws will be registered, which will concern: the restriction of benefits from foreign sources in the public service, the removal of non-governmental organisations from all laws that refers to their mandatory participation in the decision-making process, the simplification of the appointment of heads of LEPLs, the tightening of anti-drug legislation, the juvenile justice, the tightening of migration legislation”, he concluded.