EXTRACT FROM THE MINUTES # 1 OF THE PEOPLE”
of 12 February 1919
Tarnava: (independent socialist on behalf
of C.D. Internationalists)
„ Having heard the issue on elections at the Constituent
Assembly and taking into account the fact that the relation between Georgia and
Abkhazia was not formed finally, the Constitution of Abkhazia was not
elaborated and Abkhazia’s participation at the Constituent Assembly may lay
ground to the negligence of autonomous rights of Abkhazia, they decided: to
postpone the elections until the Constitution of Abkhazia is elaborated“.
7 – yes;
17 – no.
From the C. D. faction:
„Having heard the issue on additional elections
at the Constituent Assembly, the Abkhaz People’s Council deems necessary
to hold elections at the nearest future.
As for the means for its implementation, we have to offer troops to the
Presidium of the
Abkhaz People’s Council upon the consent of the Presidium of the
Constituent Assembly“.
17 – yes
7 – no
(Tamaz Nadareishvili, David Chitaia, Paata Davitaia, Problem of Separatisms in Georgia (History and Present), book 1. Tb., 2003, p. 212-213/in Georgian)