2014-04-01 On April 1, 2014, officers of the MOF’s investigating office charged Chiatura Sakrebulo Chairman Iason Chumburidze for inadequate fulfillment of reinforcement works against the so-called falling rocks. According to the MOF’s investigating service, “chairperson of Chiatura Sakrebulo Municipality Iason Chumburidze fulfilled his duties inadequately and indifferently by failing to verify credibility and quality of works completed, encouraging perpetration of a criminal action by Ucha Ghvinjilia who took illegal ownership of 423 465 laris. The investigation instituted on charges of crime envisaged by Article 342 of the Criminal Code of Georgia is currently pending.”16 Court released Iason Chumburidze on a bail of 10 000 laris, while during a trial held on April 6 he rejected the motion of prosecution service to terminate official powers of Sakrebulo Chairmen. In an interview with ISFED’s coordinator Mr. Chumburidze stated that what he was accused of did not fall under his competences at all. Subsequent investigation was already launched two years ago, and charges was brought against former Gamgebeli and Ucha Ghvinjilia, while he was not even questioned as a witness. According to him, this fact is politically motivated and has to do with upcoming elections, as he is going to run in the local self-government elections as an independent candidate.