Levan Gachechiladze rules out standing for mayor, calls for opposition unity

December 29, 2009 by georgiamedia

Levan Gachechiladze, the leading opposition candidate for president in the controversial elections of 2008 and the co-founder of "Defend Georgia" has ruled himself out as a candidate for mayor of Tbilisi reports InterPressNews.

Speaking after a meeting with the parties hoping to organise a "primary" to select a single opposition candidate Gachechiladze said he would focus his efforts on uniting the opposition to president Saakashvili.

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