Companies affiliated with the donors of the ruling party won tenders worth about 47 million GEL by October 1, 2020. The same companies donated 1.3 million GEL in favor of the Georgian Dream throughout this period, - reports Transparency International Georgia.
According to the report, in this regard, "G&K" Ltd. is especially noteworthy, which won tenders of 17.2 million GEL during the year, and its owner Roman Abramishvili donated 60,000 GEL to "Georgian Dream".
"Another major state contractor is "LDK" Ltd., which won GEL 8.1 million in tenders in 2020, while its owners contributed GEL 22,000 to the ruling party. In addition to tenders, companies of the natural persons who donate to the ruling party, are also recipients of simplified public procurement. In particular, by October 1, 2020, simplified procurement contracts worth approximately GEL 3.8 million were awarded to companies to which individuals directly or indirectly affiliated with them donated approximately GEL 2.2 million in favor of the ruling party. One of these companies is "Kvareli Eden" Ltd., which is owned by the business partners of Alexander Ivanishvili, the brother of the chairman of the ruling party - Bidzina Ivanishvili. This company came to the attention of Transparency International Georgia in the spring of this year, when a large simplified public procurement contract was signed within a few days after the donation of funds by its owners during the state of emergency", - the study said.
According to the report, over the years, several large groups have been formed among the ruling party's donors, which fund the Georgian Dream with large sums of money at almost every election.
"Three such groups continued to make large donations in 2020. In particular, those connected with Bidzina Ivanishvili donated a total of 447,500 GEL to the Georgian Dream. Persons affiliated with "Lilo-Mall" Ltd. donated a total of GEL 595,000 in favor of the ruling party, while individuals directly or indirectly affiliated with "Service-Agro" Ltd. donated GEL 255,000 to the same party", - reads the report.
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