According to the position of the Government of Georgia, the decline of GEL is due to the strengthening of USD with respect to other currencies and it has nothing to do with the state budget.

“The mortality rate was constantly increasing until 2012. In 2013, this rate, including the child mortality rate, decreased.”

“The government, this bureaucracy that currently governs, costs GEL 138 million more to the taxpayers whilst already in the first six months of this year, it has cost GEL 130 million more… Next year, the bureaucratic expenditures will be more by GEL 323 m

“According to 2014’s data, export has increased significantly…”

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

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

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“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.”

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

“The mortality rate was constantly increasing until 2012. In 2013, this rate, including the child mortality rate, decreased.”

“The government, this bureaucracy that currently governs, costs GEL 138 million more to the taxpayers whilst already in the first six months of this year, it has cost GEL 130 million more… Next year, the bureaucratic expenditures will be more by GEL 323 m

“TBC Bank didn’t attract foreign direct investment but portfolio investment, instead. In total, the volume of foreign investments, both direct and portfolio, has increased by 20%.”

“The number of the population living below the poverty line has notably decreased and is practically halved.”

“The eight-month budget has been executed and there is a surplus. The ninth, 10th, 11th and 12th month budgets will be executed in the same way.”

“There exists a direct request from The Hague to Georgia to investigate the August war; otherwise, The Hague itself will investigate all of the war’s details and nuances. It is the duty of our country for this topic to be investigated.”

Sozar Subari talks about prisoner mortality statistics in Georgian penitentiary facilities.