2014-02-11 On February 11, 2014, investigating service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia arrested Deputy Chairperson of Dusheti Sakrebulo Zurab Otiashvili on charges of abusing official power and receiving a prohibited gift. The UNM believes that the arrest has to do with his party-related activities, considering that he was a possible candidate in primary election. The investigation has found that while serving as Dusheti Municipality Gamgebeli in 2008-2009, in the name of Dusheti Municipality Zurab Otiashvili awarded public procurement contracts to a company Basa + 2008 Ltd., owned by his brother in law, Giorgi Basadzashvili. Giorgi Basadzishvili used fabricated documents to take fraudulent ownership of large amounts of budgetary funds. Investigation was instituted under Articles 333, 340, 180 and 210 of the Criminal Code of Georgia