FROM THE EDITOR
Dr. Emzar Djgerenaia
Time rolls on and nothing can change its stream. Time and space are not dependent on human – no one can change them. They can only be put to use.
The time wheel has taken away the year 2003 and brought the new one giving hope to us, people. As supposed, 2003 was an extremely difficult year for economy. It was not because we have in advance planned and approved budget that was impracticable even theoretically in those conditions and with that team (see number 12, 2002), but rather because as expected, nothing was done in the year of elections and therefore, the existing stagnation grew to real crisis.
You might probably ask what we should hope for in the next year with it being remarkable for cascade of elections. The peculiarity of the situation is that interest towards our country grew more than ever before. The High and Mighty of this World expect decisive reforms in economy and public administration. It is a chance for Georgia, and the country should by no means lose it. It is necessary to differentiate political battles and strategic plan of economic reorganisation. We have the chance to build economic fundament that will be adjusted to the political system formed on the basis of nation’s interests and harmonisation of our partners’ aims. It will be late to do this tomorrow, yet today there is the chance for 2004 to become a transition year and to pave the way for programmes (including donors), new budget, public administration, new fiscal legislature, reorganisation of law enforcement structures and management of social structure. It is necessary to single out several priorities.
We should clear out what kind of country we would like to have. We should view all transformations in cause-effect relations. This must be initiated with nation-wide agreement, mobilisation, and development of single state ideology. 2004 will be the year of cataclysms in financial sphere. There will be an unseen overturn that will change the rules of political game. We should use it in our interests.
The only thing to prevent is destabilisation and inactivity.