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Compiled by Tato Gachechiladze
Thursday, September 20
Shartava leaves politics?
“Forum leader gave up his place in Parliament in favor of Gubaz Sanikidze," PrimeTime writes.
It came out that Kakha Shartava gave up his place in the list of the Georgian Dream coalition first to Gubaz Sanikidze and then to Ani Mirotadze, who runs 30 in the list.
According to Ani Mirotadze, the most important thing for her is victory in elections. She expresses her confidents that from October 1, the Georgian Dream coalition will be the majority in parliament.
Ground breaking ceremony in Racha region
24 hours report that on Sunday, President Saakashvili participated in the ground breaking ceremony for the sports complex at Shaori Lake in the mountainous region of Racha. In his welcoming speech he spoke about the unity of the nation and highlighted the necessity of building a future for the country together. He promised to carry out other projects in the region, as well as to eliminate poverty and unemployment in Racha. He spoke about a factory that is to be built in Racha by Socar energy. This factory project will temporarily employ 1, 500 persons and 700 people will receive permanent jobs.