TBILISI. June 4 (Interfax) - The Georgian Charter authored by Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili which calls for abolishing the foreign agent law has no prospects, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said.
"In fact, Salome Zourabichvili has created a register of foreign agents by drafting the Georgian Charter. There is no other way to call the list of opposition parties that have signed the so-called charter, which has no prospects," Kobakhidze told reporters on Tuesday.
The signatories "wish to undermine the statehood of Georgia," he said. "Whenever foreign agents conclude a certain agreement, their only plan is to undermine national independence," he said.
Seventeen opposition parties and five independent members of parliament signed the Georgian Charter authored by Zourabichvili on Monday. The largest opposition party, the United National Movement, is among the signatories.
The charter envisages the abolition of laws that harm the pro-European course of Georgia, above all the law on the transparency of foreign influence, a drastic reform of the judiciary and law enforcement agencies, and a changed procedure for establishing the Central Elections Commission.
Georgian parliament speaker Shalva Papuashvili signed the bill on the transparency of foreign influence into law on Monday, and the law took effect. From now on, non-governmental organizations and media outlets funded from abroad at over 20% will have to submit financial declarations to the Georgian Justice Ministry within 60 days. A failure to do so will be penalized with a fine.