“A hundred abandoned factories have been put up for sale. We are letting businesses purchase state-owned property for the symbolic price of GEL 1.”

“No particularly high bonuses have been distributed in the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia.”

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“The data of the National Statistics Office of Georgia not only suggest that the number of employed people has dropped but that the wages of those who are employed have been reduced by 20%.”

“Crime rates have not increased even after such an unprecedented amnesty releasing up to 60% of the prisoners. We were expecting the situation to change; however, to our surprise, the crime rate has decreased.”

“The Ministry of Finance failed to meet the requirements of the law and did not divide the income tax between the centre and the local self-government.”

“Up to 80 tonnes of rice has been harvested in Georgia for the first time this year.”

“As the GDP and the economy were increasing during Saakashvili’s rule, Georgia was paradoxically almost the only country in which the unemployment rate was not decreasing and poverty was increasing.”

“Inclusive education has become mandatory for every public school in Georgia since 2012.”

“Exactly one of the preventive measures is the special police control. Unlike Saakashvili’s raids which were based upon the Law on Police, the special police control is not repressive by its nature.”

“Trade turnover between Georgia and the European Union increased by 15% in the first half of 2014 as compared to the same period of 2013. In addition, a 41% growth in export and an unprecedented 9% growth in import as compared to 2013 have also been recor

“The export has increased significantly… There was a trend of decreasing export in the last years.”

“According to the World Bank, Georgia has the highest economic growth. If we have a 6% economic growth, the country holding the second position in our category – Armenia, has a 3.2% growth.”

“The implementation of infrastructural projects decelerated in the first half of the year. This process accelerated to a great extent in the second half of the year (including the receipt of grants). I do not see anything alarming in it (budget execution)

“Car trade has decreased which is due to the incompetence of the government.”

Dimitri Khundadze speaks about the condition of prisoners