DECREE ISSUED BY THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE ABKHAZ  ASSR on termination of activity of the Abkhaz Republican Committee of the Communist Party of Georgia

Due to the termination of the activity of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR and prohibition of the activity of the Communist Party of Georgia, and in the course of statement of the Abkhaz Republican Committee of the Communist Party of Georgia on support of so called State Committee on Emergency Situations,

the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR decrees:

1. To terminate activity of the Republican Committee of the Communist Party of Georgia on the territory of the Abkhaz ASSR.

2. Ispolkoms of the People’s Deputies shall exercise adequate measures in conformity with the acting legislation aimed at regulating the issues of employment and social security of the former Party personnel.

Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR V. Ardzinba

27 August 1991

(Newspaper “Afxazetis Khma”, # 145, 5 September 1991)