Prime Minister on charter flight: I deliberately made my family pay it to show the contrast and difference between the current and pervious governments - my family is well-off, I have never been poor

I never used the budget and did not finance my personal or my family's travel or anything else - I have a wealthy family, I have never been poor, Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili told journalists.

According to him, he deliberately made his family pay the expenses of the flight to the USA for private purposes, in order to show the difference between this government and the previous government.

"I have never used a budget and financed my personal or my family's travel or anything else. Not a single cent was spent from the budget either on my travel or on my family's trips. Unlike your leader Saakashvili. I deliberately, purposely did this, I purposely made my family to pay it to show the contrast, the difference in the handwriting of our government, that we never use the budget as a personal family budget, and to show the other extreme, which reigned here 10 years ago, when for their own personal purposes Saakashvili and his criminal gang spent millions of GEL. My family is well-off, I have never been poor. After I graduated from the university, even before politics, I worked with the richest man in this country and managed the richest fund. My family has never been in poverty, it's not hidden and it's not news. I am embarrassed to speak about this, but since you ask me, I will answer you," said Gharibashvili.

According to him, his income is transparent and is reflected in the declaration.

"My family has relevant proven incomes, financial resources, everything is transparent. If you have any questions, I fill out the declaration every year, wait for the next declaration. I have nothing hidden. You know that, for years, the opposition said that Saakashvili was tried in the case of some made-up jackets. One of the main evidences in this case is the plane expenses, personal expenses, personal visits, which were financed from the budget. Now the main issue and the scandal that has been revealed is that the army was funding his ntertainment and pastimes. 14 million GEL is wasted from the Ministry of Defense for personal trips. What was Saakashvili doing at Pablo Escobar's grave, why did he go to Colombia? He was the shameful president of Georgia. In addition, 2 planes were purchased by the Ministry of Defense. I want to tell you one thing, if anything happens around me, everything is transparent, I have nothing to hide from anyone. Nobody among you remembered to find out where the poorest member of Saakashvili's government, Kezerashvili, got so richest. The corruption of Kezerashvili alone will outweigh all the scandalous facts that happened during these 30 years. The man who robbed the army has now robbed the pensioners of Europe. More than a billion dollars were stolen," said Gharibashvili.