DECREE
ISSUED BY THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE ABKHAZ ASSR on Decree Issued by the President of the Republic of Georgia on
“Suspension of the Law of Abkhazian ASSR of 9 July 1991 on Introduction of
Amendments and Changes to Paragraph 14 of Article 92 and Article 156 of the
Constitution of the Abkhaz ASSR”.
By the virtue of the decree issued by the
President of the Republic of Georgia on 5 August 1991, those articles of the
Constitution of the Abkhaz ASSR, defining the procedures of appointment of the
Prosecutor of the Abkhaz ASSR and prosecutors of cities and districts of the
Autonomous Republic, have been suspended and it is offered to the Supreme
Council of the Abkhaz ASSR when appointing the Prosecutor and/or his/her
Deputies, prosecutors of cities and districts of the Abkhaz ASSR, to be guided
by Article 177 of the Constitution of the Republic of Georgia, according to
which prosecutors of the Autonomous Republics are to be appointed by the
Prosecutor General of the Republic of Georgia upon the proposals from the
Supreme Council of Autonomous Republics.
This decree contradicts to Article 166 of the
Constitution of the
In accordance with Article 2 of the law of
In addition, the decree of the President of the
The Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR decrees:
To consider the decree issued by the President of
the Republic of Georgia on “ Suspension of the Law of Abkhaz ASSR of July 9,
1991 on Introduction of Amendments and Changes to Paragraph 14 of Article 92
and Article 156 of the Constitution of Abkhazian ASSR” as having no legal force
and not subject to implementation.
Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR
V. Ardzinba
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