Govt Stratcom rejects “false information” alleging PM’s business interests in private project

The news reported by a local media outlet, alleging that Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has business interests in a “specific” private project, is “false and unsubstantiated information”, the Department of Strategic Communications of the Georgian Government on Saturday declared.

The statement followed the TV report by the local media on Saturday asserting that the construction of a 25-storey building, a new business project, in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, had begun without relevant approval and official construction permit, and the company was associated with Garibashvili and his relatives.

The Department called the news report “absurd and baseless”, a part of a disinformation campaign, “periodically” carried out by the “particular” opposition-minded media in an attempt to discredit the Head of the Government by spreading “various fake news”.