Giorgi Abashishvili, a former economic adviser to the president, dean of the CIU Faculty of Business and a local consultant to the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs in Georgia, addresses the president of the National Bank and says that it has been good choice, when former President Giorgi Margvelashvili named Koba Gvenetadze at the position of the president of the NBG.
He stated it at the meeting of the Budget and Finance Committee, where he evaluated the activities and policies of the National Bank and gave some recommendations to Koba Gvenetadze.
"I am convinced that your nomination for the post of the President of the NBG was absolutely the right decision ... The President of the National Bank should be criticized, this is normal and the President of the National Bank must defend himself properly, because it should be an independent institution, which cannot be liked by everyone. Critics will be intensified in the political context and I think one of the main achievements in this country is the independence of the National Bank, which must be maintained. Under your management, information has become accessible on a number of issues, for example, information on changes in the refinancing rate, etc," said Giorgi Abashishvili.
