DECLARATION OF THE PARLIAMENT
OF GEORGIA On the so-colled
Local Self-Governance Elections to be held on
The Sukhumi Separatist regime intends to hold the so -called
local self-governance elections on the
In this regard, the
Parliament of Georgia declares that any local self-governance elections on the
The parliament of
Georgia draws the attention of the UN, OSCE, the CIS and the governments of
states friends of Georgia, to the fact that the Sukhumi
Separatist regime stubbornly continues to ignore the resolutions adopted by the
international organizations and aiming at the
resolution of the conflict, as well as the frequently expressed clear-cut position of the world community - any
elections that are held in Abkhazia while the two thirds of population are
persecuted and expelled, are illegal and null and void.
The Parliament of
Georgia considers that the Sukhumi Separatist regime by means of imitating the self-governance
elections continues to undertake absolutely fruitless endeavors - to create the
image of government devoted to democratic values and acquire legitimacy. This
act is one more cynical step to legitimize the ill-gotten gains of the policy
of ethnic cleansing of the Georgian population, the fact,
that has been officially recognized and
condemned by the OSCE summits in
The Parliament of
Georgia believes that such volunteerism on the part
of the Sukhumi Separatist regime is possible due to
the clandestine support from certain powerful circles of
The parliament of
Georgia calls upon the UN, OSCE, the European Union, the Council of Europe and the
CIS to give appropriate evaluation to the illegal
elections, to be held on March 10, 2001 on the territory of Abkhazia, to make
the best use of all available tools and mechanisms of exerting influence on the
Sukhumi separatist regime in order to prevent the so-
called local self-governance elections from taking
place.
The Parliament of
(Archive of the Parliament of