DECREE
ISSUED BY THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE
The term of jurisdiction of the Supreme Council of
the Abkhazian ASSR actually expired on
By virtue of the decree issued on
Pursuant to Article 75 of an edition of
However, the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR
did not prolong its own term of authority and did not adopt a law on elections
to the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR and therefore, failed to fix a date
of elections to the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR.
Taking all the aforementioned into consideration,
the Supreme Council of the
1. To advise the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz
ASSR on the following:
To hold elections to the Supreme Council of the
Abkhaz ASSR no later than
In accordance with Article 75 of the Constitution
of Abkhaz ASSR to prolong its term of authority until
2. Due to the fact, that the Constitution of the
Republic of Georgia stipulates five-year term for state authority bodies of
Autonomous Republics, while the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR has been
functioning for more than six years, failure to implement Article 1 of this
decree will result in termination of term of jurisdiction of the Supreme
Council of the Abkhaz ASSR of current convocation.
Chairman of the Supreme Council of the
(Bulletin of the Supreme Council of the Republic of
Georgia, 1991, # 2, p. 92)