Irakli Lekvinadze, deputy mayor of Tbilisi, made the first comment on the detention of the employee of the City Hall, Otar Abesadze. He described the incident as "sad" and noted that Otar Abesadze was a freelance employee of the City Hall.

"It is a sad fact , we can say that it was unexpected. Now we have to wait for the results of the investigation. Overall, the Tbilisi Mayor"s approach is very simple, any fact which is related to any violance of law should be followed with relevant reaction. "All are equal before the law, "said Irakli Lekvinadze.