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Davit Onoprishvili:

“…Over the course of the last months, the GEL fell by up to 6%. Meanwhile in neighbouring Turkey, the Turkish lira is falling by around 25% and the rate of decline is fairly high in Russia as well; namely, over 10%. These are the major importers in Georgi

11/04/2014

Mostly True

The application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition
Irakli Gharibashvili:

“Alienation of state property by President Saakashvili to his family members for only one lari was a corruption scheme… like he did in the case of one of the universities.”

10/04/2014

Lie

The statement is inaccurate and the assertion in it is absurd
Giorgi Margvelashvili:

“Georgia is one of the most backward countries in terms of wealth distribution. Our coefficient for the distribution of the country’s wealth among the people is 40, [to be more precise,] over 40. This is the worst coefficient of all the former Soviet Unio

08/04/2014

True

The statement is accurate and nothing is missing
Irakli Gharibashvili:

“Throughout the years 2011, 2010 and 2009, during such LGBT demonstrations in Georgia, they were continually being persecuted and the police could do nothing to protect them. This case was the only example when no one was injured or attacked.”

08/04/2014

Mostly False

In the statement is the elements of the truth, but the important facts that could have made other impressions
Irakli Gharibashvili:

“Georgia tripled the volume of its export to Russia. However, today, the impact of the Russian embargo would not be as grave as it was in 2006. At that time, the Georgian market was exceedingly dependent upon Russia but since then, we have expanded into n

04/04/2014

Half True

The statement is partly accurate, but the details are missing or some of the issues are without context
Irakli Gharibashvili:

“I propose to make a constitutional change by including the definition that a family is the union of a man and a woman. Latvia did the same, as well as Croatia before entering the EU last year.”

03/04/2014

Mostly False

In the statement is the elements of the truth, but the important facts that could have made other impressions
Irakli Gharibashvili:

“We intensified the dialogue [on free trade agreement with the US].”

02/04/2014

False

The statement is inaccurate
Irakli Gharibashvili:

“If I am not mistaken, according to the surveys published in 2010, Georgia ranked last in Europe by the level of education.”

01/04/2014

True

The statement is accurate and nothing is missing
Viktor Dolidze:

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

01/04/2014

Mostly False

In the statement is the elements of the truth, but the important facts that could have made other impressions
Gogi Topadze:

“We are violating the law by being in this building [the Parliament building in Kutaisi] today. This building has not been readied for occupancy whatsoever. It has not passed through all of the procedures that a finished construction should have.”

31/03/2014

True

The statement is accurate and nothing is missing
Irakli Gharibashvili:

“The notion of strategic objects was discarded and to my information, the list of strategic objects has been abolished.”

31/03/2014

Half True

The statement is partly accurate, but the details are missing or some of the issues are without context
Giorgi Gachechiladze:

“Based upon the Law of Georgia on Self-Government (adopted in 1997), in 1998, assemblies were elected at the levels of villages, settlements, communities, etc. But in the self-government elections you [United National Movement] conducted in 2006, you comp

19/03/2014

Half True

The statement is partly accurate, but the details are missing or some of the issues are without context
Zviad Dzidziguri:

“Ninety-nine percent of lawsuits between business and the state were decided in favour of the state. Over the last year, however, 70% of such disputes were resolved in favour of business. Furthermore, currently, at the Council of Appeals at the Ministry

19/03/2014

Mostly False

In the statement is the elements of the truth, but the important facts that could have made other impressions
Sergo Ratiani:

“Nowadays, the state can shut down universities [LEPLs]. This is not acceptable and it needs to be changed.”

18/03/2014

Half True

The statement is partly accurate, but the details are missing or some of the issues are without context
Giorgi Vashadze:

“The [Socio-Economic Development Strategy of Georgia – Georgia 2020] document contains copious amounts of lies. For instance, the document claims that in 2020 Georgia’s GDP per capita will equal USD 13,000. It’s simple math that the Georgian economy will

18/03/2014

False

The statement is inaccurate

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“…Over the course of the last months, the GEL fell by up to 6%. Meanwhile in neighbouring Turkey, the Turkish lira is falling by around 25% and the rate of decline is fairly high in Russia as well; namely, over 10%. These are the major importers in Georgi

“Alienation of state property by President Saakashvili to his family members for only one lari was a corruption scheme… like he did in the case of one of the universities.”

“Georgia is one of the most backward countries in terms of wealth distribution. Our coefficient for the distribution of the country’s wealth among the people is 40, [to be more precise,] over 40. This is the worst coefficient of all the former Soviet Unio

“Throughout the years 2011, 2010 and 2009, during such LGBT demonstrations in Georgia, they were continually being persecuted and the police could do nothing to protect them. This case was the only example when no one was injured or attacked.”

“Georgia tripled the volume of its export to Russia. However, today, the impact of the Russian embargo would not be as grave as it was in 2006. At that time, the Georgian market was exceedingly dependent upon Russia but since then, we have expanded into n

“I propose to make a constitutional change by including the definition that a family is the union of a man and a woman. Latvia did the same, as well as Croatia before entering the EU last year.”

“We intensified the dialogue [on free trade agreement with the US].”

“If I am not mistaken, according to the surveys published in 2010, Georgia ranked last in Europe by the level of education.”

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

“We are violating the law by being in this building [the Parliament building in Kutaisi] today. This building has not been readied for occupancy whatsoever. It has not passed through all of the procedures that a finished construction should have.”

“The notion of strategic objects was discarded and to my information, the list of strategic objects has been abolished.”

“Based upon the Law of Georgia on Self-Government (adopted in 1997), in 1998, assemblies were elected at the levels of villages, settlements, communities, etc. But in the self-government elections you [United National Movement] conducted in 2006, you comp

“Ninety-nine percent of lawsuits between business and the state were decided in favour of the state. Over the last year, however, 70% of such disputes were resolved in favour of business. Furthermore, currently, at the Council of Appeals at the Ministry

“Nowadays, the state can shut down universities [LEPLs]. This is not acceptable and it needs to be changed.”

“The [Socio-Economic Development Strategy of Georgia – Georgia 2020] document contains copious amounts of lies. For instance, the document claims that in 2020 Georgia’s GDP per capita will equal USD 13,000. It’s simple math that the Georgian economy will

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