Georgian group says it will take controversial media law to the constitutional court

Massive demonstrations have filled the streets of the Georgian capital Tbilisi for weeks to protest the measure, whose foes call it “the Russian law” because of similar laws in Russia pushed by the Kremlin.

President Salome Zourabichvili vetoed the law after it was passed by parliament this month, but the parliament overrode the veto on Tuesday.

The law now must be accepted by Zourabichvili by Sunday, or the speaker of the parliament can accept it if she does not. Georgia’s Civil Society Foundation said in a statement that, “We declare that we will not live by the Russian law and will use all domestic and international mechanisms to prevent its action until the law is unconditionally repealed. To this end, we are preparing a lawsuit to be filed with the Constitutional Court of Georgia and will consider it in the near future.”

Anri Okhanashvili, chairman of the judicial committee of the parliament, dismissed the initiative. “We are ready anywhere, be it the Constitutional Court or other institutions, to defend this legislative act that is adopted in favor of the interests of our country,” he said.