"Politics and business should be separated." "Paying taxes is the only duty of business," Mikhail Chelidze, President of the Georgian Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Association , states.
He said businesses should not call to anything.
"Businesses have a lot of power, a lot of resources, they should not be involved in protests, coup attempts and rallies."
Business needs a calm and predictable environment. This happens every year during elections: the number of business registrations always reduces, the economy also suffers from restrictions. In the first three quarters for which we have statistics, an increase was observed in macroeconomic indicators in many sectors. Recently, the HoReCa sector has been seriously restricted, it has suffered greatly, since tourism declines in winter anyway and even has died, which is hard for business. For example, restaurants and cafes on Shardeni Street , in the area adjacent to Rustaveli Avenue have suffered the most. They no longer have work, their turnover can be GEL 1,000 per month. “All this is the responsibility of the country as a whole,” says Mikhail Chelidze.
