“In summary, the process and statements, including the attempts to counter the bill with disinformation and false narratives, shows that the transparency bill is in the interests of Georgian and that donors and NGOs have much to hide,” said Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili.

According to the Speaker, the Transparency of Foreign Influence law will highly sort out how the money of donors and NGOs is spent in Georgia.

“I met the European Commission representative on May 2 and spoke about the projects of the European Endowment for Democracy (EED). I received the confirmation that there are some questions even in the EC over the financing and political neutrality of the EED projects.

There were attempts to persuade the EED to change its attitude, but we cannot count on that promise. We know that the EED secretly finances political parties and radical groups. Therefore, this practice should be public for Georgian citizens.

That is why it is surprising, on the one hand, to admit that political money flows into Georgia and, on the other hand, to try to disseminate false narratives to prevent legislative regulation. The combination of these two issues generates questions of what intentions those organizations that spend money in Georgia have,” he said.