2013-03-18 A rally in support of Gamgebeli Levan Lortkipanidze was staged in Khelvachauri on March 18. Participants were saying that Lortkipanidze was an honest man who had always been fighting for truth and that he enjoyed public trust. After his arrest on March 13 by officers of anticorruption agency, he appeared at work for the first time on March 18. After hailing his supporters assembled outside the building, he made comments for journalists and said that he was ready to answer questions of the investigating authorities, if any.