Tbilisi. On February 6, GYLA has released on its web site the information on the spending of funds from the Government Reserve Fund after the 2012 elections.Based on the information obtained by the Young Lawyers’ Association, total of 16,585,427 GEL were allocated from the Reserve Fund of the Government of Georgia from 2 October 2012 until 31 December 2012. Allocation of one portion – 4,973,773 GEL is linked to the term of office of the former Prime Minister Ivane Merabishvili, while the remaining 11,611,654 GEL were allocated during the Prime Ministerial period of Bidzina Ivanishvili.Information published by GYLA illustrates the distribution of funds allocated from the Reserve Fund by various areas."GYLA once again points out the problematic nature of legal norm connected with spending of amounts from the President’s and Government’s Reserve Funds, which lies in absence of respective legal regulations required for the allocation of amounts from the Reserve Funds, and expresses readiness to actively cooperate with all relevant agencies to improve the legislative regulations”, says the Association’s web page.

Source: gyla.ge