Georgia's President to challenge 'foreign agents' law in Constitutional Court

Zourabichvili believes that the law on "foreign agents" is anti-national and incompatible with the Constitution.

If the Constitutional Court accepts the president's complaint, Eka Beselia will defend Zourabichvili's interests.

"Today, the claim will be sent to the court, and I hope that a court hearing will be scheduled soon, and that this case and this claim will be considered quickly because time is very important. We will see how the president will be represented in this process, but she is involved in this process and will naturally reduce her efforts to avoid the great damage that this law has caused to the country," said the lawyer of the President of Georgia.

She added that the court should not use the summer period as an excuse to postpone the case, as the timing is very important and the whole country is waiting for this decision.

"The lawsuit demands that the law be suspended until the Constitutional Court resolves the dispute on the merits, i.e. at a normative session, at the initial stage, and the law is suspended," the lawyer said.

Georgian law on 'foreign agents'

Despite President Zourabichvili's veto, the Georgian parliament voted in favor of the law "On Transparency of Foreign Influence," adopting it. This step was sharply criticized by Western partners and provoked mass protests in Georgian society, as this law is a copy of a similar one in force in Russia.

The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, warned that Georgia's European perspective would be canceled if Tbilisi continued its policy.