“In 2005, the Parliament issued a recommendation to the Public Defender himself. Neither the Parliament nor the Committee which I now represent has sent any recommendations to the government structures.”

“The number of people with social vulnerability status has increased significantly with each election. It increased especially during the 2012 parliamentary elections.”

According to Davit Sergeenko, the National Statistics Office of Georgia determines the price change on medications by population surveys which do not reflect the actual situation. The Minister says that medication has become cheaper.

On 2 July 2014, in his interview with the media, the Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs

“From January to May, GEL 2.8 billion has been mobilised in the total budget which is GEL 130 million more than it was in the same period of the previous year. The tax income plan of January-May 2014 has been implemented by 101%. The income in these five

“Economic growth [for 2013] was equal to 8% in November, 8.4% in December and 6.9%, on average, in the fourth quarter with the growth trend continuing in the current year as well.”

"We plan to increase the salaries of rural doctors by 30% from next month as well as the salaries of nurses. We also started building dispensaries and 82 dispensaries will be built by the end of the year."

“Media is absolutely free today. Check the reports of the international organisations and see which place Georgia holds in terms of media freedom. We rank first place in the region.”

“200 million worth of property (Agricultural University) has been donated to Bendukidze for one lari.”

“The prices of drugs have increased by 25%. Drugs are one of the biggest problems of the health care programme as the [Universal Health Care] state programme does not fund the costs for medicines. If we analyse the expenses on health care, we will see tha

"Anyone opening a dental office had no obligation to report about this activity to the Ministry of Health. That is why we do not know the number of dental offices in Georgia."

“Starting from November 2013, economic growth has been consistently high, varying between 7%-8%... In the first quarter of 2014, economic growth equalled 7.4%. An indicator of this magnitude has not been recorded in the first quarter of the year over the

On 30 April, representative of the Parliamentary Majority, Davit Onoprishvili, delivered a speech

“The present special rule [extension of customs duties for a certain category of importers] contradicts the Constitution, the Tax Code of Georgia and the Law of Georgia on Free Trade and Competition.”

“Malignant diseases have increased tremendously and diseases have rejuvenated. This is official information. In addition, many other illnesses are being spread due to the uncontrolled quality of imported goods.”

“The previous government had one-and-a-half million people living on 72 tetri a day…”