Acting Interior Minister announces new flats and increased salaries for police staff
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Acting Interior Minister of Georgia Giorgi Gakharia told lawmakers today that his body is launching a new project which envisages gifting flats to police staff in Tbilisi, Batumi, Kutaisi, Zugdidi and Rustavi.
The project will boost social guarantees for police employees and will give them an opportunity to plan their lives for the long term,” Gakharia said.
Such projects will also increase motivation amongst youth to seek jobs in the ministry,” Gakharia added.
The acting minister also stated that from July 1 13,200 employees of the ministry will receive increased salaries.
The increase will be by 200-250 GEL (80-100 USD),” Gakharia stated.
The average salary of police officers is currently 1,000 GEL (410 USD).
The candidate for Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze stated yesterday that parliament will vote for the current cabinet of ministers in the coming days as he plans to decrease the number of ministries from 14 to 11.
Only after the legal amendment is passed over the decreased number of ministries, Bakhtadze will name his cabinet of ministers, which will take place in two-three weeks.
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An additional 115 IDP families will receive legal deeds to the flats they already inhabit but that are legally owned by the state.
The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs reports that 139 policemen have received new flats in Tbilisi and Rustavi within the Housing Project.