The conclusion of the Price Commission, beyond the nonsense reflected in it, implies the main thing: the Georgian government and Prime Minister Kobakhidze personally are lying that high prices are the fault of business. In fact, it is more the fault of the government. Prices cannot be reduced and it is not the fault of business, it is the fault of the government, - Nika Gvaramia, the leader of the Coalition for Changes, writes on social networks, thereby responding to the conclusion of the Parliamentary Price Regulation Commission.
As Nika Gvaramia notes, "Kobakhidze was declared the creator of high prices and incompetent in the issue of lowering prices."
“The conclusion of the Price Commission, beyond the nonsense reflected in it, implies the main thing: the Georgian government and Prime Minister Kobakhidze personally are lying that high prices are the fault of business. In reality, it is more the fault of the government. Prices cannot be reduced and it is not the fault of business, it is the fault of the government.
However, in no sentence is the government mentioned as the “culprit”, the hidden target of the conclusion is the government.
In short, they disguise it with a thousand delusions, but they clearly have something to say, the brief content is as follows. This is what the so-called parliament concluded about the so-called government.
During the work of the “commission” something completely different was conceived and a completely different mood was felt: everything should have been blamed on business and a ceiling for price increases have been established. That is why the commission worked for three months without even the Competition Agency coming. Those who possess the real data on price formation - Geostat, the Competition Agency, the National Bank - were not there. Only those against whom the commission was pre-disposed to declare guilty were there.
What did we get in the end? Kobakhidze was declared a liar, and the measures proposed as "solutions" fall entirely within the government's competence. That is, Kobakhidze was declared the creator of high prices and incompetent in the issue of lowering prices.
What happened in between the two facts: when Kobakhidze attacked business with lies and created a commission to pass a verdict against them, and when his commission passed a verdict against Kobakhidze himself? We will find out very soon. And in the meantime, let's not forget that Mamuka Mdinaradze was dismissed. Let's also not forget that the propagandist Imedi, which used to make stories about high prices and blackmailing businessmen, has recently started claiming that prices are low in Georgia, which naturally raises the question: why did Kobakhidze create a commission to study prices?
Everyone knows what happens in such times. The same thing will happen here, too,” Gvaramia writes.
For information, according to the conclusion of the Parliamentary Price Regulation Commission, the problem lies in the structural arrangement of the market. The main problem is not in excessive profits, but in inefficient operating costs. The supply chain is inefficient and long. Accordingly, centralized distribution centers should be created that will bring together manufacturers and retail chains, and importers and manufacturers. The commission also recommends that the executive branch intervene gently rather than aggressively and administer prices, as this will create more problems than benefits.