Alasania Meets Gachechiladze

Irakli Alasania, leader of Alliance for Georgia and Tbilisi mayoral candidate, met with Levan Gachechiladze, co-founder of public movement Defend Georgia, late on Thursday.

“We have exchanged our views about how do we see election campaign for next ten weeks; as well as on coordination of work of various political groups; I also informed him what I plan during my election campaign,” Alasania said on March 12.

Gachechiladze has been in the center of media attention these days, as he has not yet announced about his decision – whether he will run for Tbilisi mayoral office, competing with, among others, Alasania, or will support him. If Gachechiladze decides to run, it will most likely further split overall opposition vote.

Gachechiladze told the Georgian public broadcaster on March 11, that he needs some time to make a final decision. “This decision requires time,” he said. “It won’t be wasted time at all if we eventually manage to agree on a single candidate.”

“Who will lead the society for victory is important for me… Running for mayoral office is not a goal in itself for me, neither supporting a candidate who is doomed for a failure,” Gachechiladze added.

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