In 2017-2022, the capital expenditures to GDP ratio will be 8% on average which is more than the GEL 25 billion value project

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Ivane Machavariani’s statement is TRUE.

In the first nine months of this year, Georgia’s economic growth reached 4.9% which exceeds the planned amount and as a result, we have a GEL 280 million surplus in budget revenues

ვერდიქტი: ფაქტ-მეტრის დასკვნით, ირაკლი კოვზანაძის განცხადება არის სიმართლე. რეზიუმე: 2018

Of the GEL 345 million increase in the 2019 state budget, GEL 145 million is debt

Verdict:  FactCheck concludes that Roman Gotsiridze’s statement is TRUE.

Business has one of the lowest tax burdens in Georgia. This is because as concluded by the World Bank, the total tax rate in Georgia is only 9.9% and this makes us number three in the world in this component

In fact, this is one of the most bureaucratic budgets (the 2019 draft budget) in the world

Of the USD 3.5 billion deficit in trade, USD 2 billion is covered by tourism revenues

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Giorgi Kobulia’s statement is TRUE. Resume: The country’s

Unemployment is at an historic minimum

ვერდიქტი: ფაქტ-მეტრის დასკვნით, ივანე მაჭავარიანის განცხადება არის ტყუილი.

The GDP per capita today is USD 4,500. The United National Movement left us with a GDP per capita at USD 3,500

In the last five years of the Georgian Dream’s rule, pension has increased twice, by GEL 10 in 2015 and by GEL 20 in 2016. Pension did not increase in 2018 and a GEL 20 increase is envisioned in the 2019 state budget which will not compensate for the rise

Pension Reform: An assurance for a decent retirement or an additional tax burden?

Fifty percent of Georgia’s population is employed in agriculture which causes poverty

Employment in the public sector is not increasing. Instead, administrative and government expenses have been cut in this sector whilst the employment figure in the private sector is on the rise

Verdict: Archil Talakavadze’s statement is MOSTLY FALSE.

"In order to export tomatoes from Georgia to Turkey, one must pay a 300% levy whilst for tomato imports from Turkey, the levy is 0%."

According to the position of the Government of Georgia, the decline of GEL is due to the strengthening of USD with respect to other currencies and it has nothing to do with the state budget.

“The subsistence level is not being raised and the methods of its measurement remain unchanged.”