According to the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Gharibashvili, after the recordings aired on TV Pirveli, the question is often asked, if these recordings are 11 years old, why should the ministers call him then.
According to Gharibashvili, the mentioned recordings are a fabrication of old conversations. At the time, he was the head of the charity fund and directly communicated with the Cabinet of Ministers.
"As you know, I headed Bidzina Ivanishvili's Charity Foundation for eight years. We have managed numerous charity projects in Georgia. We had 200-300 million projects during the year, $ 3 billion has been spent by Mr. Bidzina through these funds. Naturally, I had to communicate directly with government agencies, including ministers. I had several meetings with the then Minister of Culture, late Nika Rurua, Mr. Kvitashvili, who was the Minister of Health; we also had a meeting with the Minister of Education, as well as the Mayor of Tbilisi, the Minister of Economy. I want to say that we had talks with President Saakashvili's wife, Sandra, on several projects, and we had to listen to their requests. The president's mother, Giuli Alasania, was a frequent visitor; she visited us at Kartu Fund. Therefore, the answer is simple. I had direct communication with the members of the Cabinet of Ministers, and of course, there is no logic here as to why this issue should have been understood differently," Gharibashvili said.
On March 6, "TV Pirveli" released a telephone conversation recording allegedly between Bera Ivanishvili, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, and Anzor Chubinidze, where Bera Ivanishvili asks Garibashvili to crack down on specific individuals because of Facebook comments.
The prosecutor's office has launched an investigation into the secret recording related to Bera Ivanishvili.
