Giorgi Bakhturidze: Meeting between Politicians and Tobacco Industry should be Transparent

Giorgi Bakhturidze, head of the Tobacco Control Alliance, accuses the tobacco industry and politicians of corrupt deals.

As he told the "Business Partner", their meetings should be transparent, the government should approve the relevant normative act.

"The government should have approved a normative act 2.5 years ago, which would have ensured the transparency of meetings between the tobacco industry and public officials, politicians.

Neither the governments of Giorgi Kvirikashvili, nor Mamuka Bakhtadze, nor Giorgi Gakharia have approved this document, despite the fact that everything has been agreed. Now, Irakli Gharibashvili's government was called by the parliament two months ago to adopt this document in time, which will make this backstage relationship open and public, with serious risks of corruption, cooperation with the tobacco criminal business," said Giorgi Bakhturidze.