This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission.
Georgia’s largest opposition party, the United National Movement, will submit a lawsuit against the controversial “foreign agent” law to the Constitutional Court on July 29, the party has told RFE/RL’s Georgian Service.
Thirty-two opposition lawmakers signed the lawsuit on July 22.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili, a fierce critic of the law, filed a challenge against the legislation with the Constitutional Court on July 16.
Zurabishvili vetoed the law in May, but the country’s parliament, which is dominated by the ruling Georgian Dream party, overrode her veto.
Signed into law on June 4, it has jeopardized the country’s aspirations to join the European Union.
