2014-03-28 On March 28 at 19:00, Trustee of Khala Village Malkhaz Diasamidze was arrested by the investigating office of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia in his own office. He is a supporter of the UNM and one of the candidates for office of a majirotarian member of Sakrebulo in local self-government elections. Diasamidze has been charged with taking illegal ownership of state subsidies allocated for citrus in 2013. Chairman of Kobuleti Sakrebulo Elguja Bagrationi has stated to media15 that Diasamidze has been arrested on a political whim, in favor of the interests of Majoritarian MP Pati Khalvashi (she is from the same village) as he is the UNM’s candidate for Kobuleti Sakrebulo. Kobuleti Gamgebeli Giorgi Romanadze has rejected all allegations of political motive in an interview with ISFED, saying that Khala trustee is one of the best specialists and he has not had any concerns about him, neither did Pati Khalvashi. On March 31, Malkhaz Diasamidze was released on bail of 8 thousand laris.