19 November 2024,   06:17
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Maghradze"s co-workers make contradictory statements regarding financiers of "Defend Georgia"

The names of the financiers of the Movement "Defend Georgia" are unknown. Davit Maghradze left the journalists" question unanswered today. The leader of the movement made no comment on this issue either at the end of the meeting.
Davit Maghradze"s team mates make contradictory statements.Part of them says that renting of a large concert hall of the Philharmonic Hall - 17 thousand lari, as well as transmissions and technical maintenance costs were covered by the lawmakers, while others claimed that the businessmen helped them.
Tbilisi Sakrebulo MP Jaba Jishkariani claims that they rented the hall with their own funds.
"We rented the hall ourselves," Jishkarian said.
Vato Shakarishvili, a member of Sakrebulo, gives different explanations. According to him, the businessmen paid the rent for the space.
"You see, there were about 2,000 people, but there are also businessmen who share our postulates, our theses, and help us," said Shakarishvili.
After the journalist"s question that Jishkariani made a different statement about finances, Shakarishvili made an additional explanation after this and noted that "too many expenses, including our personal wages, were paid."

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