The draft law «On non-commercial organizations» was included in the agenda of the Committee on Law, Order, Combating Crime and Corruption of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan.
The committee meeting will be held on June 27. The initiative of MP Nadira Narmatova will be considered in the first reading.
It should be noted that on June 29 the Parliament will hold the last meeting of the second session and will go on summer vacation until September.
Amendments to the laws regulating the activities of NGOs and state registration were submitted to the Parliament for discussion in the relevant committees. The document spells out the status of a «foreign agent».
Having studied the draft law, lawyers noted that the initiated document is focused on NGOs that promote freedom of speech, civil and political rights in the country.
Earlier, representatives of civil society sent an appeal to the President and deputies of the Parliament emphasizing that the draft law contains discriminatory norms that contradict basic democratic principles and, if adopted, will significantly restrict the activities of non-commercial organizations, including branches and representative offices of foreign NGOs operating in Kyrgyzstan.
Experts remind: protection of the national state interests of the Kyrgyz Republic is paramount. However, consideration of the work NGOs and giving them the status of «foreign representatives» is a misconception.
Lawyers of Adilet Legal Clinic and the human rights movement Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan also stated that the adoption of scandalous initiatives would lead to the liquidation of the civil sector. Their comments were ignored.
Kyrgyzstanis collect signatures against the law on foreign agents.
