A scandal round Saakashvili’s stay in an Italian sanatorium flares up

In the middle of November President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili had a rest in an expensive Italian sanatorium where a 24 hours stay costs 1350 euros, well-known TV host Tina Kandelaki reported. The President of Georgia had a rest in Italy at his own expense, Saakashvili’s Press Speaker Manana Mandjagaladze states.

According to the information of the Russian TV host Tina Kandelaki, native of Tbilisi, the cost of Mikhail Saakashvili’s rest at a SPA resort in the town of Merano, sanatorium “Espace Henri Cheno”, made about 15 thousand euros.

“All in all the President spent a week in the sanatorium, so we can see the total sum: 1350 euros × 7 days + 2860 euros = 12 310 euros. I know Mikhail Nicolaevich not by hearsay. He is a real epicurean with a love for luxury. He will order a compete service package without stinting, to serve him from head to feet day and night. 2520 euros are added, as a result, all in all it comes to 15 thousand euros equal to 600 thousand rubles. In addition, the fight Tbisili – Merano costs about 100 thousand dollars (3 million rubles)”, Tina Kandelaki wrote in her blog on JiveJournal on November, 20.

The information she made public in her blog with a photo of Mikhail Saakashvili in the SPA resort evoke widespread responses in Georgia.

According to the declaration of 2012, the salary of the Georgian President makes 56 640 lari a year equal to $33 800.

The Georgian journalists calculated that during his week’s stay at the health resort Mikhail Saakashvili spent half of his annual salary. There also appeared an information that the Georgian politician had $34 479 and € 7080 on his account in one of the European banks, “Life News” reports.

Meanwhile, according to Mikhail Saakashvili’s Press Speaker Manana Mandjagaladze, the President stayed in the Italian sanatorium for his own account, not budget funds, “GHN” agency reports.

“The President goes through annual medical checkups and this one was planned, too. He spent only one day at the health resort. Not a single tetri was spent from state budget funds”, “Novosti-Georgia” quotes Mandjagaladze.