Davit Narmania

[3] Yet, Narmania served as Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure until his resignation on 14 April 2014 on the occasion of his nomination as the GD's candidate for the Mayor of Tbilisi at the scheduled June 2014 local elections.

[1][4] Narmania's candidacy for the capital's mayor was selected by Bidzina Ivanishvili shortly before his resignation as Prime Minister and officially announced by the GD in November 2013.

[5] Narmania's campaign was based on promises to plant one million trees in Tbilisi to bolster the city's dwindling green space, expand drainage systems, create more recreational areas, and encourage small and medium-sized businesses.

[1] Melia conceded his defeat, but he claimed the voting process was influenced by the controversial arrest, on 1 July, of Tbilisi's ex-Mayor Gigi Ugulava, who spearheaded the UNM's election campaign.

[7] The election was marked by another controversy over the involvement of Narmania's mother, Nora Todua, in the voting process in the village of Koki, Zugdidi Municipality; a video released by the UNM depicted Todua, a local election commission member, asking a voter at the precinct to show her a marked ballot paper.