The secret to getting state contracts in Dusheti Municipality — family relationships

In Dusheti, a town 60 km north of the capital of Georgia, family comes first. An OC Media investigation has uncovered that time and again, from food provision to construction, a number of government tenders have gone to close relatives of officials in the city administration.   Meet Giorgi Aslamazashvili, Dusheti’s favourite doctor.   Today he is a politician — a member of the governing Georgian Dream party. He serves on the Dusheti Municipal Council (sakrebulo), chairing the council’s Co