Published October 02,2024
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Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Wednesday returned a invoice on curbing LGBTQ+ rights to parliament, which it had permitted final month.
Multiple native media retailers, together with public broadcaster 1TV, reported that Zourabichvili neither signed nor vetoed the invoice, submitting the invoice again to the parliament.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili can legally signal the invoice into legislation.
In September, lawmakers voted in help of the invoice, Protection of Family Values and Minors, in its third and last studying with 84 votes in favor and none towards.
The invoice, submitted to parliament in June, will give authorized foundation for the ban on points together with LGBTQ+ gatherings, same-sex marriage and gender reassignment surgical procedure.
The laws shall additionally ban the general public show of the LGBTQ+ flag, and introduce censorship within the media.
The majority of the opposition didn’t attend the session over its boycott of parliamentary work following the adoption of the controversial Transparency of Foreign Influence legislation, which has been criticized by the U.S. and European nations.
The invoice’s adoption comes forward of the Oct. 26. parliamentary elections, during which the Georgian Dream get together seeks a fourth time period.
Source: www.anews.com.tr