Thousands of commuters in Tbilisi were left stranded on Friday morning as drivers of hundreds of minibuses, or marshrutkas as they are usually called, went on strike to protest against the terms offered by the new owners of marshrutkas routes. The strike caused overcrowding of municipal buses, number of which was cut last year by the Tbilisi municipality. It now said that additional buses will go into service before the problem was resolved with drivers of marshrutkas. The opposition members of Tbilisi City Council say that the tender won by four companies, were in fact part of same business group close to the authorities and in particular to Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava. Opposition Republican Party said that it had obtained official tender documents indicating that all four firms have the same legal representative and that three of them were established just ahead of tender on the same day, using the same notary services. |
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