 According to these materials, Patarkatsishvili tried to bribe Kodua to take part in what the Georgian officials described as an attempted coup d'état on January 6, 2008, the date of the scheduled presidential elections.The plan included to stage a mass manifestation against the government and to "neutralize" the Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili.Patarkatsishvili confirmed that he met with Kedua in London, but denied the bribe was in connection to a coup plot.