21 December 2024,   16:01
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"I am sure the government has no intention of stopping and seizing the TV station" - Beselia talks about "Iberia"

Bidzina Ivanishvili"s name will be repeatedly voiced ... It is important that the company pay the tax on the budget - says the parliamentary majority member, Vice-Speaker of Parliament Giorgi Volski.

Volsky responds to the new recordings released on the company"s "Omega Group", the major financial donor of the TV company Iberia and says that the investigation will give answer to these recordings. According to him, "Omega Group" is obliged to cover its debts.

Members of the parliamentary majority rule out that the government is trying to put pressure on the media. According to Eka Beselia, investigative bodies are interested in the fact that the recordings, regarding which the opposition claims that there are signs of pressure on business and media, are investigated objectively.

"I am convinced that the relevant law enforcement agencies have an assignment and a willingness to investigate this issue objectively without any bias. I am sure the government has no intention of stopping and seizing the TV station, "said Eka Beselia, another member of the parliamentary majority.

"Rustavi 2" gained another scandalous audio recording on the scandalous transactions around the company "Omega Group", the main financing company of Iberia TV.

Telephone conversation is going on between three persons. Businessman Vano Chkhartishvili, who is close to Bidzina Ivanishvili, speaks to "Omega Group" founder and businessman and Vano Chkhartishvili together with Irakli Chubinashvili, a shareholder of "Tbilisi Tobacco".

The main topic of the conversation is the regulation of tobacco prices, market control and division of "Omega Group" shares. Bidzina Ivanishvili is named for the first time.

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