FINANCE MINISTER INTRODUCED DRAFT BUDGET-2002 TO THE GOVERNMENT
(Daily News: December 19, 2001)
The Finance Minister Zurab Nogaideli said at a government session today revenue part of the budget-2002 is determined to be 1.06 billion Lari (originally 1.08 billion was assumed).
The Minister said parameters of expenditure part, also co-ordinated with the IMF mission, which is visiting Tbilisi, do not actually defer from those already introduced to the Parliament (in the original version – 1.27 billion).
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC POLICY CONSIDERS LICENSING BILL
(Daily News: December 14, 2001)
The committee considered the bill prepared by the Justice Ministry for several hours. Zurab Tkemaladze, a member of the Industrialists faction strongly argued against it.
KFW ALLOCATES 25M DEM FOR GEORGIAN POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM REHABILITATION
(Daily News: December 14, 2001)
Today the Georgian side signed credit and project agreements with KfW, the German bank of reconstruction, on the Electricity Transmission Lines Rehabilitation II program. Zurab Nogaideli, finance minister and Tamaz Tkhelidze, deputy director of the JSC Electrogadatsema signed the agreements from the Georgian side.
GEORGIA WILL NOT GET WORLD BANK TRANCHES THIS YEAR
(Daily News: December 13, 2001)
In her letter to the Finance Ministry the World Bank regional director on the South Caucasus Judy O’Connor accused the Georgian side of breach of obligation on the ESAC program in part regarding the privatization of regional energy systems, a source at the State Office told Sarke. She means, in particular, the Rustavi power distribution company RELASI, debts of which to Electrodispecherizatsia-2000, according to O’Connor, had been taken over by some company which now is initiating the procedure of bankruptcy.
GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT WILL RATIFY BAKU-TBILISI-ERZURUM GAS-MAIN PROJECT NEXT WEEK
(Daily News: December 13, 2001)
Gia Chanturia the President of Georgian International Oil Corporation (GIOC) held the presentation of the project in the parliament today. As a result of the project realization 1 million cube me of forest will be saved (used for heating now), according to him.
PARLIAMENT CONDUCTS HEARING OF COMMISSION’S CONCLUSION BUT MAKES NO DECISION
(Daily News: December 7, 2001)
The conclusion of the Parliamentary commission, investigating legitimacy of a recent increase in a consumer tariff on electricity, was considered at a plenary session today. It was not put to vote, however.
FORMER MINISTERS RECEIVE PARLIAMENT’S BACKING
(Daily News: December 4, 2001)
Of eight candidates for ministers confirmed by the Parliament at a plenary session today only one (Giorgi Gachechiladze) can be regarded as a new person.
The posts of state minister, state property management minister (the candidates have not yet been considered) and environment protection minister (Nino Chkhobadze appears to be the only candidate that has been voted down by the parliament) are still vacant.
GEORGIA AND SLOVENIA MAKE FIRST STEPS TO COOPERATE
(Daily News: November 30, 2001)
Political consultations between the Georgian and Slovenian Foreign Ministries will be held in Tbilisi on December 4-5. Zurab Beridze, head of the second European department of the Foreign Ministry, will present the Georgian side.
TAX COMMITTEE BACKS CANDIDATURES FOR ECONOMIC BLOC MINISTERS
(Daily News: November 29, 2001)
The parliamentary Committee on Taxes and Revenues approved candidatures proposed by President after considering them today.
The head of the committee Vitali Khazaradze expressed his special support to Zurab Nogaideli’s candidature for the post of the Finance Minister.
NEW CANDIDATURE TO BE INTRODUCED ON THE POST OF STATE MINISTER
(Daily News: November 28, 2001)
There have occurred some changes in the candidates for the still vacant posts of state minister and ministers of the economic bloc. After President Shevardnadze held meetings with representatives of parliamentary factions he changed his candidature for the post of state minister.
PARLIAMENT EXPECTS RESOLUTION OF COMMISSION ON INVESTIGATION OF BUDGET-2001 REDUCTION REASONS
(Daily News: November 27, 2001)
The final version of the resolution has been already prepared and the parliament expected to get the document, signed by President, today.
Let us noted that the parliament does not intend to start considering candidatures for the post of economic bloc ministers until after the commission, which is investigating reasons for the recently implemented 184-million sequester, introduces its resolution.
THE GOVERNMENT’S EXPECTATIONS AND PARADOXES
(Weekly Press Digest: November 25, 2001)
Today everybody’s attention is focused on the formation of the executive power, Resonansi writes. The question of what kind of ministers Georgia is going to meet the New Year with or whether these new ones will be able to measure up the population expectations or not is not clear yet.
FINANCIAL-BUDGETARY COMMITTEE STILL UNCERTAIN ABOUT FINANCE MINSTER’S CANDIDATURE
(Daily News: November 20, 2001)
The Financial-Budgetary Committee of the parliament is not going to make a final decision regarding the candidate for the finance minister until the commission, studying the reasons for the budget crises, has published its conclusion, which is due to be introduced within days. The draft of the document has already been prepared but its content has not been publicized.
EX-SPEAKER INTENDS TO SET UP NEW PARTY
(Daily News: November 15, 2001)
Zurab Zhvania, recently resigned chairman of Parliament, confirmed the information that he intends to set up a new party. I am thinking about it and will shortly inform you on concrete plans, he said.
CANDIDATURES FOR NEW GOVERNMENT NAMED
(Daily News: November 15, 2001)
As it became known today President will nominate Levan Dzneladze on the post of the state minister. Among the heads of the force structures President will offer Valeri Khaburzania as the security minister and Koba Narchemashvili – interior minister.
MPS DO NOT AGREE ON PRINCIPLES OF STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO GOVERNMENT
(Daily News: November 14, 2001)
Structural changes to the government put forward by President and considered at the Juridical Committee of Parliament today, evoked unfavorable criticism among MPs. Parliament Members will back the reduction in ministers’ number, though, changes should be based on other principles, said Zurab Adeishvili, head of the committee.
SPEAKER’S POST STILL VACANT
(Daily News: November 6, 2001)
Debates over the candidature of a speaker have not yielded any results at a plenary session of Parliament today. The issue has been decided to postpone to the end of plenary week due to the necessity of holding additional consultations.
EX-SPEAKER MEETS PRESIDENT AND AMBASSADORS
(Daily News: November 5, 2001)
Zurab Zhvania, stepping down as the speaker on his own will, met representatives of a diplomatic corps accredited in Georgia on November 3. According to the press-center of Parliament, the ambassadors see Zhvania’s decision as a necessary and well-calculated step in terms of the stability in the country.
PRESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGES WEAKNESS OF AUTHORITIES
(Daily News: November 1, 2001)
Georgian President, in his speech in a live program of the state television on October 3, said the weakness of the authorities had driven the population to go outside. If they [the authorities] had had a full control over the situation there would not have been protest actions in Rustaveli Avenue, problems in Abkhazia said Eduard Shevardnadze.
RESIGNATION AFTER RESIGNATION
(Daily News: November 1, 2001)
Amidst protest actions in the center of Tbilisi and an extraordinary session in Parliament, Georgian President dismissed the government. The deputy ministers are fulfilling the duties of ministers at the moment.
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