MPs of the Supreme Council of Adjara were allowed to the territory of the Batumi Botanical Garden after waiting for two hours, but the director hid himself and refrained from public response to the MPs" questions. Gia Abuladze and Elguja Bagrationi had several questions with the Batumi Botanical Garden Director. They were interested in the process of transporting of trees for Bidzina Ivanishvili, as well as tariffs in Botanical Garden and nepotism in the organization.

According to the opposition party MPs, the number of coordinators and salaries in the Botanical Garden exceeds the number of gardeners and the remuneration of labor.