The opposition Lelo party readies for more protests against the so-called Foreign Agents bill next week.

Lelo party member Salome Samadashvili pledged to make all efforts to continue the struggle not to allow the Georgian Dream to “divert the country from the European path.” She called on the society to mobilize for the protest.

“We see that today people from different professions and groups of the society, a lot of people are saying loudly that this law cannot be adopted and Bidzina Ivanishvili (former GD Chair) is going against the will of the Georgian people when he tries to pass this law in the Georgian parliament,” Samadashvili said.

According to Salome Samadashvili, it makes no sense to wait for the opinion from the Venice Commission, since GD Chair Irakli Kobakhidze declared in advance that whatever is the opinion, the ruling party plans to adopt the law.

The police detained over 30 people on charges of petty hooliganism at a protest ongoing until late March 2 amid physical and verbal altercations and heated debates over Transparency of Foreign Influence and Foreign Agents Registration Act bills in the Georgian parliament.