Twenty-nine Percent of the Ministry of Infrastructure's Budget for the Current Year is Made Up of Foreign Grants and Loans

47% of the funding for the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure is comprised of foreign funds

“As compared to 2012, funding for the water supply sector has increased tenfold whilst the gasification volume has increased two-and-a-half-fold.”

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Maia Tskitishvili’s statement is FALSE.

“As compared to 2012, funding for the water supply sector has increased tenfold whilst the gasification volume has increased two-and-a-half-fold.”

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Maia Tskitishvili’s statement is FALSE.

The Second Quarter Budget of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure was Executed in Excess Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic

The only exception is the rehabilitation of general education infrastructure and the Mountain Settlement Development Fund whose budget execution rate is 49%

The Second Quarter Budget of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure was Executed in Excess Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic

The only exception is the rehabilitation of general education infrastructure and the Mountain Settlement Development Fund whose budget execution rate is 49%

Money allocated in 2019 is unprecedentedly high. The Ministry has never had GEL 2 billion which is GEL 420 million more as compared to the previous year

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Maia Tskitishvili’s statement is HALF TRUE.

Money allocated in 2019 is unprecedentedly high. The Ministry has never had GEL 2 billion which is GEL 420 million more as compared to the previous year

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Maia Tskitishvili’s statement is HALF TRUE.

As compared to 2016, we increased investments in infrastructure by two-thirds whilst in the first eight months of 2019, the budget execution increased by 45% as compared to the same period of the previous year

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Mamuka Bakhtadze’s statement is HALF TRUE

As compared to 2016, we increased investments in infrastructure by two-thirds whilst in the first eight months of 2019, the budget execution increased by 45% as compared to the same period of the previous year

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Mamuka Bakhtadze’s statement is HALF TRUE

“This year, we gave 20% more budget to the Ministry of Infrastructure and in accordance with the six-month data, they are fulfilling their task at more than 100%”

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Mamuka Bakhtadze’s statement is MOSTLY FALSE

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.

The Georgian Dream was saying that in four years, in 2020, they would have built 800 kilometres of highway, 50 tunnels and 50 bridges. This promise cannot be kept

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

We have trebled the regional development budget as compared to 2012 and increased it by 20% as compared to the previous year

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Mamuka Bakhtadze’s statement is HALF TRUE.

Road projects are stalled. Construction completion deadlines are violated and delayed for months or years

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Irma Nadirashvili’s statement is TRUE.

“No matter what name you give it, Lazika or Anaklia, this project is suspended today.”