DECREE
ISSUED BY THE PRESIDIUM OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA on the Fact of Holding the USSR Referendum
on the Territory of the Republic of Georgia and on Election of a Deputy to the
Peoples’ Deputies of the USSR in the # 669 Sukhumi constituency
On
However, on 17 March 1991 the referendum took place
in the units of the USSR armed forces deployed on the territory of the Republic
of Georgia, as well as in town of Tskhinvali, Java region, and some districts
of the Abkhaz ASSR, while elections of a deputy to the People’s Deputies of the
USSR were held in the # 669 Sukhumi constituency.
During the Referendum and elections, provisions of
the laws on “ Referendum in the
The aforementioned facts of violations are being
studied and investigated by the Prosecutor’s Office of the
The Presidium of the Supreme Council of the
1. Pursuant to Article 77 of the Constitution of
the
on 28
February 1991 by the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia and the decree
issued on 16 March 1991 by the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Republic
of Georgia, results of referendum held on 17 March 1991 on the territory of
Abkhazian ASSR, town of Tskhinvali and Java region and results of elections of
a deputy to the Peoples’ Deputies of the USSR held in the # 669 Sukhumi constituency on 17 March 1991 are declared null and
void.
2. The Referendum of the
4. To raise the issue before the Central Electoral
Commission on consideration null and void the results of the election held on
17 March of 1991 at the electoral district #669.
5. To put forward a proposal to the Central
Referendum Commission to consider the results of referendum held on the
territory of the
Chairman of the Supreme Council of the
(Bulletin of the Supreme Council of the Republic of
Georgia, # 3, 1991, p. 24-26)