Number of employees of new president’s administration to be reduced
The number of employees of the new president’s administration will be reduced by about 60%.
According to the final draft budget of 2019, the number of people working in the presidential administration will be reduced to 60. Currently, 140 people are working in the administration.
Funding for the new president’s administration has been reduced by almost GEL 4 million, while the presidential reserve fund is likely to be abolished.
According to the final draft budget 2019, the budget of the presidential administration will be GEL 6 million, whereas the budget of the presidential administration was GEL 9,800,000, like in 2018, in the initial draft budget.
At the same time, according to the final draft budget, the presidential reserve fund will be likely canceled as no finances are allocated for it at this time. According to the initial draft budget, the funding for the reserve fund was GEL 5 million, like in 2018.