The White House is troubled because the Georgian law would make foreign NGOs register with the government as foreign agents of influence and disclose details about their finances and operations. The problem is, it would reveal the extent of Western NGO’s, particularly Soros’s, influence. From Tyler Durden at zerohedge.com:
Defying large domestic protests and condemnation from the United States and other Western governments, the Republic of Georgia’s parliament on Tuesday adopted a “foreign agents” law that would impede foreign nongovernmental organizations’ (NGOs’) ability to operate in the country — and put Georgia’s European Union and NATO ambitions in jeopardy.
Georgia’s president, Salome Zourabichvili, has vowed to veto the measure, but the parliament approved the law by a 84-30 margin, only needs 76 to override a veto. After the law’s passage, Biden Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters:
“We’re deeply troubled by Georgia’s Kremlin-style ‘foreign agents’ legislation...we have been outspoken about our concerns with the legislation, which runs counter to democratic values and would move Georgia further away from the values of the European Union and, let’s not forget, also NATO.”
