If their demands are not met, the activists will move on to “other steps.” Meanwhile, videos from hospitals where the victims were taken to have appeared on the Web.
Protests have not subsided in Tbilisi for the second day. On the evening of March 8, tens of thousands of protesters gathered near the Georgian parliament and put forward two demands to the authorities. Activists gave time for this.
This is reported by local media.
According to them, the protesters extract:
If their demands are not met soon, they promised to “move to other steps.”
By evening, the Georgians again gathered and moved to the parliament. A large number of people came to the protest through the bill on “foreign agents”. They marched to the parliament building with the flags of Georgia, the EU, the USA and Ukraine, chanting “No to the Russian law.”
Already at the very building, activists, among other slogans, said: “Glory to Ukraine!”, and also sang the anthem of Ukraine.
According to Georgia Online, representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are searching citizens gathered near the Georgian Parliament. They urge the protesters to open their bags for inspection. Law enforcement officers do not explain the reasons for this decision.
Videos from hospitals appeared on the Web, where, after yesterday's dispersal of the rally, the injured protesters were taken by the security forces. How many people were injured is still unknown.
While the protesters demand to withdraw the bill, the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili sent a letter to the President of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, Clair Bazi-Maloret , with a request to prepare a conclusion on the submitted projects.
“As Georgia moves towards EU membership, we aim to work with our international partners to strike the best balance between the legitimate goals of transparency and security on the one hand, and the rights and freedoms of civil society on the other. In the spirit of our longstanding partnership, we we appeal to the Venice Commission with a request to prepare a legal opinion on the attached bills,” Papuashvili said in a letter circulated by the parliament's press service.
