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Roman Gotsiridze:

“The country’s [external] debt exceeded 100% of the GDP and reaches 120-125 whilst four years ago it was 80% of the GDP.”

Davit Bakradze:

“In 2012, our GDP was USD 16 billion whilst today Georgia’s GDP is USD 15.8 billion. In eight years, our income growth was zero.”

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Irakli Kobakhidze:

“If someone is not a politician, he cannot be a political prisoner. This is a simple axiom.”

Natia Turnava:

“[According to current forecasts] Georgia is one of those countries in the region which will have the fastest economic recovery.”

European Georgia:

“The result of the Georgian Dream’s faulty economic policy: state foreign debt exceeded the allowed threshold and reached GEL 31.9 billion which constitutes 61.3% of the GDP.”

Gigla Mikautadze:

“Investments are at 15-year low and such a drop in investments did not even happen in the war period.”

Natia Turnava:

“The EU is Georgia’s number-one trade partner and it accounts for nearly 23-24% of trade turnover.”

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The Georgian Dream was saying that in four years, in 2020, they would have built 800 kilometres of h...

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Roman Gotsiridze’s statement is TRUE.

07/06/2019

True

The statement is accurate and nothing is missing
Ivanishvili promised IDPs to build 100,000 houses. Each house would have cost USD 60,000 on average ...

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Nika Melia’s statement is TRUE.

15/03/2019

True

The statement is accurate and nothing is missing
The Georgian Dream’s promise that “8,000 kilometres of internet will be built and as a result 800,00...

As a result of an analysis of the universal internetisation project, it is obvious that the promise ...

11/02/2019

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Beneficiaries of the free medication programme will be 150,000 to 250,000 persons

FactCheck concludes that Davit Sergeenko’s promise was NOT FULFILLED.

31/01/2019

Not fulfilled

Not fulfilled
Not a single tree will be cut down in the process of the construction of the Tsintsadze (former Sabu...

Verdict: Kakha Kaladze’s promise was NOT FULFILLED

06/06/2018

Not fulfilled

Not fulfilled

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