DECREE
ISSUED BY THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE USSR on
the results of the referendum of the
(…)
According
to the preliminary data, 147 million people have participated in the
referendum. 112 million of people have
voted in favour of preservation of the
Despite
the fact that the state authorities of some republics (Georgia, Lithuania,
Moldova, Latvia, Armenia, Estonia) didn’t implement the Resolution of the IV
Congress of the People’s Deputies of the USSR and the Supreme Council of the
USSR in holding the referendum, violated the constitutional rights of citizens,
exerted influence on them, blocked the polling stations – more than 2 million
of the citizens of the USSR gave “yes” votes to the USSR…
The
Supreme council of the
1.
The state authorities of the USSR and Republics shall pursue to the decision of
the people made through the referendum to support renewal of the Union of the
Soviet Socialist Republics on the assumption of the fact that this decision is
final and binding on the whole territory of the USSR.
(…)
The
chairman of the Supreme Council of the
(Bulletin
of the Congress of the People’s Deputies of the USSR and the supreme Council of
the USSR, 1991, # 13, p. 432-433)