LAW OF
THE ABKHAZ ASSR on changes to the law of
the Abkhaz ASSR “on election of the Deputies to the Supreme Council of the
Abkhaz ASSR”
The Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR decrees:
To introduce to the Law “on election of the
Deputies to the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR” the following changes and
amendments:
(…)
2. Due to the necessity of stabilization of
inter-ethnic relations in the Republic in time of elections of the Supreme
Council of the Abkhaz ASSR, to add to Article 15 of the law of the Abkhaz ASSR
“on election of the Deputies to the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR”, as a
provisional measure, the following wording: “Only Abkhaz nationals are
authorized to participate in the elections as the candidates at the following
electoral districts: ## 7, 8, 9,11, 14, 15, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 38,
39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 54, 57, 58, 60, 62 and only Georgian nationals at the
following districts: ##1, 2, 5, 13, 16, 17, 20, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36,
37, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 56, 59, 61, 64,
11. To formulate Paragraph 2 of Article 53 as
follows:
“The candidate to the Deputy shall be considered
elected if he/she got more votes than another candidate regardless the number
of electors participating in voting”.
12. This law shall come into force with immediate
effect.
Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR
V. Ardzinba
(Newspaper “Abkhazia”, # 37, 31 August 1991)