2016-08-31 Independent majoritarian candidate in Kvareli and Telavi, Vasil Kevlishvili reported that he was fined with GEL 1000, based on the act issued by the National Civil Service Bureau, for failing to submit his financial disclosure form within the timeframe prescribed by para.5 of Article 14 and Article 20 of the Law of Georgia on Conflict of Interests and Corruption in Public Service. According to Kevlishvili, after his registration as a majoritarian candidate, no one warned him about the obligation to submit a financial disclosure form. Because he is not a civil servant, he was not aware of the obligation. He believes it was an act of interference in his pre-election campaign. According to the candidate, planning and conducting pre-election campaign with limited financial resources is challenging, and ordering him to pay a fine of GEL 1,000 amounts to interference with his pre-election campaign.