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Giorgi Targamadze:“There are no benefits for small and medium businesses. They are taxed equally as the big banks, the big oil distribution companies and so forth.”
24/10/2013Half TrueThe statement is partly accurate, but the details are missing or some of the issues are without context -
Giorgi Targamadze:
“Thousands of families [children with disabilities] expected a 30 lari increase in their pension starting from September but the pension grew only by eight lari and, on top of that, the household assistance was discontinued.”
24/10/2013Mostly FalseIn the statement is the elements of the truth, but the important facts that could have made other impressions -
Giorgi Targamadze:
“Regarding the speculations that this [moratorium on agricultural land] is impeding the flow of investments and economic growth, [they are false, as] no agricultural investments are being made in Georgia.”
20/10/2013LieThe statement is inaccurate and the assertion in it is absurd -
Giorgi Targamadze:
“The subsistence level is not being raised and the methods of its measurement remain unchanged.”
19/10/2013TrueThe statement is accurate and nothing is missing -
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Mikheil Machavariani:“Banking system assets [of GDP] amount to 52% … banking deposits increased to the point of 14 billion. These are the indicators of trust present in the Georgian economy and the banking system, the system which we left to you.”
17/10/2013Mostly TrueThe application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition -
Paata Kvizhinadze:“As shown in the data from the first quarter of 2013, growth was observed in all real sectors but construction.”
16/10/2013Half TrueThe statement is partly accurate, but the details are missing or some of the issues are without context -
Zurab Abashidze:
Zurab Abashidze discussed the economic indicators of the first two quarters.
15/10/2013Mostly TrueThe application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition -
Pavle Kublashvili:
“The government and the Parliamentary Majority refused to reduce taxes. They revoked the decision, which had already been incorporated into the Tax Code, and envisaged a reduction of income tax down to 18 and, later, to 15%.”
13/10/2013Mostly TrueThe application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition -
Zurab Kharatishvili:
“Rustavi is an industrial town and in the aftermath of the October [Parliamentary] elections the state of employment is only worsening.”
10/10/2013TrueThe statement is accurate and nothing is missing -
Zurab Melikishvili:“…We declare that the current state of the economy is bad. The economy is going through a recession…”
08/10/2013Half TrueThe statement is partly accurate, but the details are missing or some of the issues are without context -
Davit Bakradze:
“Roughly 70,000 citizens lost social assistance because the Ministry started administering strictly, launched the evaluation process anew and raised people’s points based on different items and properties.”
05/10/2013Half TrueThe statement is partly accurate, but the details are missing or some of the issues are without context -
Davit Bakradze:
“We are the political party whose governance made a tenfold increase in the budget, a 7-8% growth in the national economy and a reduction of taxes. We achieved a threefold increase of the Gross National Product and a tenfold increase of pensions.”
30/09/2013Mostly TrueThe application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition -
Zurab Kharatishvili:
“The number of employed people has gone down from 525,000 to 480,000, precisely this many people have been left unemployed in the period between October and April… This information disappeared from the website of the statistics department.”
27/09/2013FalseThe statement is inaccurate -
Davit Bakradze:
“Instead of new jobs being created, 42,000 jobs have been lost in just three months.”
27/09/2013Mostly FalseIn the statement is the elements of the truth, but the important facts that could have made other impressions -
Zurab Melikishvili:
“Revenues have decreased, state budget revenues have seen a significant shortage. According to the report of the previous month, there is a shortfall of GEL 350 million in revenues.”
26/09/2013Mostly TrueThe application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition
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