Georgian parliament committee rejects presidential veto of media law

Demonstrators with Georgia flags at a protest against the bill (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)

A Georgian parliament committee has rejected the president’s veto of the “foreign agents” legislation that has sparked massive protests for weeks.

The move by the parliament’s judiciary committee sets up the possibility of a vote of the full legislature on Tuesday to override President Salome Zourabichvili’s veto of the measure, which she and other critics say will restrict media freedom and obstruct Georgia’s chances of joining the European Union.