As MP Giga Bokeria told the reporters, Elisashvili was offering Levan Ioseliani's majoritarian candidacy to the oppositional parties in Mtatsminda district; however, when he was refused he started claiming that he wouldn't participate in the trade.

"Aleko Elisashvili confronted the coordination idea with filthy blames and vocabulary, but only after having asked for two places during the negotiations. He was asking to all opposition parties to nominate Ioseliani in Mtatsminda. However, when he was noted that Ioseliani got 5 times fewer votes than Shalva Shavgulidze, we didn't get any answers about it. If he's calling it trade, then why was he bargaining with us? Dishonesty is bad behavior and confronting the coordination idea means helping Ivanishvili. Saying that you won't form a coalition with anyone is the equivalent of saying that you'll let Ivanishvili make one. Otherwise, the country will be left without the government. I'm saying it again, he was offered to run in Mtatsminda himself. We want to nominate strong candidates to defeat Ivanishvili in the first round, to avoid the risks and ensure diversity. However, it's dishonesty when you enter the negotiations and once you don't get it then you start condemning it and targetting one of the most decent men in Georgian politics, Shalva Shavgulidze. Everybody has lost the previous elections, including him. Why was he offering the candidate who got 6 times fewer votes in Mtatsminda? Anyway, he's dishonest and the people should know that they can't rely on dishonest individuals", - stated Bokeria.

source: IPN