Irakli Abesadze: “Beneficiaries are still being fed for GEL 1.3 at soup kitchens.”

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Irakli Abesadze’s statement is TRUE.

The workforce, employment, business sector jobs – they have decreased in the country… The number of private sector employees decreases and public service employees increase

FactCheck concludes that Irakli Abesadze’s statement is MOSTLY TRUE

In accordance with the state budget indicators, there are 11,000 more officials to carry out the same functions (execution of budget programmes) today as compared to 2012

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Irakli Abesadze’s statement is HALF TRUE.

A Ukrainian company misappropriated nearly GEL 45 million during the construction of the high-speed highway’s Samtredia-Grigoleti section and in five years the Ministry could not do anything to get the money back

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Irakli Abesadze’s statement is TRUE.

Thousands of jobs have been lost because of banking regulations, there is a usury problem and it is precisely because of the regulations that the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund decreased the estimated economic growth rate from 5% to 4.6%

Verdict: FactCheck leaves Irakli Abesadze’s statement WITHOUT VERDICT.

In 2019, we will spend GEL 580 million more on bureaucracy as compared to 2012

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Irakli Abesadze’s statement is MOSTLY FALSE.

The amount of money allocated for concerts was increased by GEL 2 million and the expenses for advertisement increased by GEL 600,000

We proposed that Tbilisi City Hall increase the wages of bus drivers, cashiers and janitors but were told that there is no financial possibility to do so. However, they found a way to do this for themselves

The 2016 Tbilisi City budget has become a topic of heated debates. The main complaint of the

During the rule of the Georgian Dream, prices have increased by 20% on goods, by 18% on utilities, by 60% on medicines and by 37% on healthcare

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Irakli Abesadze’s statement is TRUE.

Unemployment increased, because jobs decreased in 2016 as compared to 2015

The state foreign and domestic debt have doubled

Railway cargo turnover and profit are decreased