DECREE ISSUED BY THE PRESIDIUM OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE GEORGIAN SSR on the Decision Taken by the Supreme
Council of the Abkhaz ASSR on
Having addressed the declaration issued by the Supreme Council of the
Abkhaz ASSR on State Sovereignty of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Abkhazia
and decree on Legal Guaranties for protection of Statehood of Abkhazia, the
Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR regards the aforementioned decisions, aimed
at changing the nation-state and administrative-territorial arrangement of the
Georgian SSR, as absolutely groundless steps and constitute gross violation of
the Constitutions of the Georgian SSR, Abkhaz ASSR and the USSR.
Those actions and decisions, distorting historical facts and current
political realities, inflict serious damage to the best interests of peoples of
our multi-ethnic Republic, inter-ethnic relations, impede the process of
democratization and establishment of state based on the rule of law, where the
interests of the Abkhaz people, as well as interests of all other nationalities
living in the Republic, shall be guaranteed and protected by the law.
The Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR Decrees:
1. To declare the declaration
issued by the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR on 25 August 1990 “State
Sovereignty of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Abkhazia” and decree on “Legal
Guaranties for State protection “ null and void and having no legal force.
2. Commission, set up pursuant to the decree issued by the Supreme
Council of the Georgian SSR - composed of experts, scientists, representatives
of civil society and studying the issue of legal guaranties for state
protection of the Abkhaz ASSR, shall submit, in the nearest future, proposals
to the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR for further
deliberation.
The Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR G. Gumbaridze
The Secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR
V. Kvaratskhelia
(Bulletin
of the Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR, 1990, # 8, p. 15-16)