One of the topics of the closed meeting between the Patriarch and the Chairman of the Parliament was supposedly Salome Zourabichvili, the presidential candidate supported by the Georgian Dream, but Irakli Kobakhidze made a statement on the cannabis bill before the meeting. According to him, discussion of the issue has been suspended and the draft law has not been withdrawn from the parliament.

When asked when the bill will be withdrawn, Kobakhidze gave no answer.