Giorgi Margvelashvili:

“Georgia is one of the most backward countries in terms of wealth distribution. Our coefficient for the distribution of the country’s wealth among the people is 40, [to be more precise,] over 40. This is the worst coefficient of all the former Soviet Unio

25/10/2013

True

The statement is accurate and nothing is missing
Shalva Natelashvili:

“They bereft us of our offices in all districts, eradicated our budgetary funding and banned us from the advantage of free TV advertisements.”

25/10/2013

False

The statement is inaccurate
Nino Burjanadze:

“I am being discriminated against when candidates of the Georgian Dream and the United National Movement have free airtime and advertising opportunities and I do not.”

25/10/2013

Mostly False

In the statement is the elements of the truth, but the important facts that could have made other impressions
Davit Bakradze:

“Not a single tetri of the next year’s state budget is allocated for the increase of pensions.”

24/10/2013

True

The statement is accurate and nothing is missing
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.”

24/10/2013

Half True

The 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.”

24/10/2013

Mostly False

In the statement is the elements of the truth, but the important facts that could have made other impressions
Nino Burjanadze:

“The pre-election programme of the Georgian Dream states that the Khudoni [power plant] will not be built. Either they were not being sincere and competent and wrote these promises in the programme offhandedly, or they should be so kind to explain to the

22/10/2013

True

The statement is accurate and nothing is missing
Zurab Tkemaladze:

“While the previous government allocated only GEL 1 million for the Solid Waste Management Company of Georgia Ltd, in the current year, GEL 12 million are earmarked for this purpose.”

21/10/2013

True

The statement is accurate and nothing is missing
Giorgi Tsagareishvili:

“The air samples collected in Zestaponi showed the concentration of manganese dioxide to be 237 times higher than the average daily concentration norm.”

21/10/2013

False

The statement is inaccurate
Giorgi Targamadze:

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

19/10/2013

True

The statement is accurate and nothing is missing
Tina Khidasheli:

“In the years 2005 and 2006, the owners of Rustavi 2 and TV station Mze were continuously changing and in both cases they [the owners] were the same.”

19/10/2013

True

The statement is accurate and nothing is missing
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.”

17/10/2013

Mostly True

The application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition

Verdict Articles

“Georgia is one of the most backward countries in terms of wealth distribution. Our coefficient for the distribution of the country’s wealth among the people is 40, [to be more precise,] over 40. This is the worst coefficient of all the former Soviet Unio

“They bereft us of our offices in all districts, eradicated our budgetary funding and banned us from the advantage of free TV advertisements.”

“I am being discriminated against when candidates of the Georgian Dream and the United National Movement have free airtime and advertising opportunities and I do not.”

“Not a single tetri of the next year’s state budget is allocated for the increase of pensions.”

“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.”

“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.”

“The pre-election programme of the Georgian Dream states that the Khudoni [power plant] will not be built. Either they were not being sincere and competent and wrote these promises in the programme offhandedly, or they should be so kind to explain to the

“While the previous government allocated only GEL 1 million for the Solid Waste Management Company of Georgia Ltd, in the current year, GEL 12 million are earmarked for this purpose.”

“The air samples collected in Zestaponi showed the concentration of manganese dioxide to be 237 times higher than the average daily concentration norm.”

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

“In the years 2005 and 2006, the owners of Rustavi 2 and TV station Mze were continuously changing and in both cases they [the owners] were the same.”

“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.”

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