How the Pandemic Will Affect Poverty Figures

According to the UN estimates, an additional 84-132 million individuals could fall into extreme poverty, including 42-66 million children.

Levan Khabeishvili: “In total, 132,000 self-employed individuals registered to collect the GEL 300 assistance whilst the government only provided assistance to 66,000 people.”

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Levan Khabeishvili’s statement is HALF TRUE.

Three mistakes of the government resulted in a loss of USD 250 million

The Government of Georgia gives public funds to anti-Western media outlets

"ნაციონალური მოძრაობის" წევრის, გიორგი კანდელაკის განცხადებით, "საქართველოს მთავრობა ბიუჯეტიდან

As a rule, Cartu Bank does not distribute mortgages; however, it does make exceptions for members of the Government of Georgia, such as, for example, Giorgi Kvirikashvili

13 აპრილს, პარლამენტის პლენარულ სხდომაზე გამოსვლისას, "ნაციონალური მოძრაობის" წევრმა გიორგი

Georgia is currently governed by 19 ministries whilst in the case of Switzerland, this number is down to eight

ტელეკომპანია "რუსთავი 2"-ის ეთერში, ეროვნული ბანკის ყოფილმა პრეზიდენტმა გიორგი ქადაგიძემ სხვა

The Bobokvati Residence, which the Government of Georgia transferred to the Patriarchate of the Georgian Orthodox Church in exchange for property in Krtsanisi, is less valuable

Members of the previous government, Kalmakhelidze and Gilauri, used to receive GEL 200,000 bonuses

Distributing wage surpluses in advance in the public structures contradicts the requirements of the acting law

The country’s economy is decreasing whilst bureaucratic expenses are increasing… bureaucratic expenses have increased by GEL 420 million since 2012

As compared to 2012, remuneration for the ministers in 2015 dropped by 20%, and by 10% for the deputy ministers

Salaries, bonuses, salary supplements…

Our state budget is about 35% of the economy. This means that the state takes GEL 35 per GEL 100 from every citizen

According to the report of the World Bank, Georgia’s ratings have improved and reached a record level for the past 18 years

According to the information of the Government of Georgia, the country received 355 million from investments. However, of this amount, 207 million was spent on equipment and not a single dime was used to appreciate GEL