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What is the first thing you want the next Tbilisi Mayor to do after being elected?

Tuesday, December 8
“I would like him to pay more attention to new constructions in Tbilisi. I don’t think all the new residential blocks are being built according to security norms. It would be good if the next Mayor controlled this process more closely.”
Nino, cashier, 28

“Central Tbilisi looks quite nice, however the outskirts of the city are in dire condition. I mean the hygiene situation and the roads there. I would like to see the next Mayor pay more attention to the suburbs of the capital.”
Tsitso, pensioner, 67

“I think that the Mayor should not be involved in politics. Our current Mayor is said to be controlling and censoring Georgian TV channels. This is really disgraceful. The Tbilisi Mayor should care about the city, not about what journalists are working on.”
Kakhi, student, 22

"First of all I want the old districts of Tbilisi to be reconstructed. There are a lot of old buildings as dangerous for the people living in them as for pedestrians."
Lela, pensioner, 54

“It would be good if he paid attention not only to the city centre and its design but also other regions. But I think everything is all right.
Nino, student, 25

"In my opinion everything is very good. Gigi Ugulava is the best Mayor in Georgia’s history. If after the elections he is still Mayor, a think the city will become more and more beautiful and better than it is."
Elene, housewife, 38

"The first thing he must do is investigate the poverty in the country and the infinite bazaar which takes place in the city wherever possible. Also the dilapidated and wrecked buildings."
Malkhaz, lecturer, 51

"I think that the Tbilisi Municipality and the present Mayor Gigi Ugulava work in all directions necessary for Tbilisi."
Tea, painter, 24