Day: October 18, 2023
Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, has started charging new users in New Zealand and the Philippines $1 a year to access key features, as part of a new trial.
They include the ability to tweet, retweet, like posts and reply to posts.
Those who opt out of the subscription fee will only be able to read posts, watch videos and follow accounts.
The social media platform said that the aim is to “reduce spam, manipulation of our platform and bot activity.”
New accounts will also be required to verify their phone number, though Mr Musk has said that it will still be free to create “read only” accounts, which do not have key features.
Russia regards the speech of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in the European Parliament as irresponsible and provocative. This was stated to the TASS News Agency by a high-ranking source in Moscow.”We see how they are trying to turn Armenia into Ukraine No. 3 (if Moldova is considered Ukraine No. 2), and Pashinyan is following the path of Vladimir Zelensky by leaps and bounds,” the agency interlocutor stressed.In particular, speaking at …
Veto on the law on headscarves
On the evening of October 17, President Salome Zurabishvi made two important decisions:
● The President revoked the citizenship of former Prosecutor General Otar Partskhaladze, who was under US sanctions and found to have ties with the Russian FSB. It should be recalled that the issue of revoking Partskhaladze’s citizenship was on the agenda even before the US imposed international sanctions against him. However, then the president refrained from stripping Partskhaladze of citizenship.
◤ On September 14, the United States imposed sanctions against Otar Partskhaladze. This is related to his business activities and cooperation with the Russian FSB. Before the official announcement of the decision, the media reported that a “Georgian-Russian oligarch” was among those subject to sanctions.
Later, the National Bank, based on sanctions compliance rules, restricted access to Partskhaladze’s personal accounts. However, after Georgian Dream leaders called this decision unconstitutional, the National Bank changed its position and restored access to Partskhaladze’s accounts.
On September 20, the Ministry of Justice came up with an initiative to revoke Partskhaladze’s citizenship. However, the president disregarded the recommendation.
“Proceeding from the interests of the state, the Georgian president believes that if the former prosecutor general should be punished, he should be punished precisely as a citizen of Georgia,” the presidential administration said in a statement published on September 22. ◢
● In addition, President Salome Zurabishvili vetoed amendments to the Law on Assemblies and Manifestations. According to the draft law, participants of rallies or demonstrations are prohibited from putting up a temporary structure if it endangers the participants of the rally or demonstration or other persons or hinders the holding of the rally and demonstration. Non-governmental organizations and opposition representatives criticize the bill and say that if it is passed, civil rights will be further restricted.
Georgian parliament passes bill banning tents during protests
The public has already labeled this law as another “Russian law”
Impeachment president
Zurabishvili made these decisions a few hours before the impeachment discussion began in Parliament.
Consideration of the impeachment of the president in the Georgian parliament began on October 18.
Zurabishvili faced the threat of impeachment after the Constitutional Court recognized that the Georgian president violated the country’s constitution by traveling to EU countries despite the government’s ban. Following this Constitutional Court ruling, the impeachment issue must be put to a vote in parliament. 100 votes are needed for impeachment. The impeachment issue was initiated by the ruling Georgian Dream party.
Georgian President violated the constitution – Constitutional Court’s ruling
Parliament must now vote on Salome Zurabishvili’s impeachment
A statement from the Presidential Administration notes that both decisions that President Salome Zurabishvili took were made before the impeachment procedure.
Вето на закон о платках