State enterprises are going bankrupt. There was over GEL 1 billion in loss in 2017

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

Budget of the Parliament of Georgia was GEL 34 million in 2012, whilst it is planned to have GEL 64 million in 2019, although the salary of the MPs has not been increased

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

Of the GEL 345 million increase in the 2019 state budget, GEL 145 million is debt

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

In fact, this is one of the most bureaucratic budgets (the 2019 draft budget) in the world

Georgia’s export was USD 2 billion in 2017. Officially, Georgia’s export amounts to USD 2.7 billion but USD 0.7 billion is re-export because we import and export oil as well as we import and export cars

As a result of GEL depreciation, people have lost 60% of their real income

The Government of Georgia lent nearly GEL 3 billion of national resources to commercial banks

Salaries in Georgia’s regulatory commissions reach GEL 14,000-16,000 and a wage ceiling has not been established

As compared to 2012, the economy Georgia in USD has decreased

State budget spending is inconsistent

As a result of the contract with Gazprom, Georgia loses GEL 66 million annually

The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway should have been opened five years ago and today the Minister of Economy says that 70% of the work is completed