“The previous government abolished control over imported goods… We must be the only country [in Europe] which prohibits the labelling of genetically modified goods.”

According to Zurab Chilingarashvili, a lack of restrictions on the quantity of the felled trees is a serious problem in the Adigeni Region cutting area. About 60-70% of the population is left without firewood and is not prepared for winter.

“This year [2014], there will be no increase in the salaries of teachers. The funding for academic research and grants will be reduced by about GEL 10 million. University funding will slashed by 10.5 million and considering the last year’s decrease of 7.5

“The funding for science has decreased by GEL 2 million.”

“A decline in the GDP [growth rate] started in the summer of 2012 when the Georgian Dream was still engaged in the pre-election campaign. This fact has been pointed out by the International Monetary Fund representatives on multiple occasions. The quarterl

“Economic growth sees a threefold decline. Shortfall in the budget borders on one billion. Next year, you [government] are planning on taking a debt of over GEL 1.1 billion. You are expanding the budget deficit.”

Irakli Gharibashvili discusses improved (since March of the current year) economic indices.

If you wanted high quality education at the Police Academy, Mr Levan [Izoria], you would not abolish competitions and academic programmes in November 2012 just a month after your government came into power

On 13 November 2013, the Georgian Parliament discussed amendments to be made to the Law of Georgia

Gigla Agulashvili speaks about the 2013 harvest and wine export

“The number of employed grew by eight thousand in the second quarter of the current year relative to the first; furthermore, in the first quarter of this year growth had amounted to 15 thousand as compared to the first quarter of the last year.”

“The bad state of affairs in the economy is spreading into other fields. The net profit of the railway, for instance, dropped by 40%. Fitch Ratings already wrote about this matter and negatively described the perspectives of the Georgian Railway.”

“As of today, the Council of Appeals at the Ministry of Finance went from formal activities to real actions. It examines problematic matters and in most cases makes a decision in favour of entrepreneurs.”

“The government is taking internal debts of unprecedented magnitude and with high interest rates which will be hard to repay afterwards.”

“Expenditures of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia amounted to 223 million lari in the first two quarters of 2013, exceeding expenditures of the same period of the last year by 21 million 700 thousand lari.”

“The Tbilisi Railway Bypass project has virtually been suspended and brought to a standstill while a massive portion of the actual construction work, roughly 80%, had already been concluded.”