RESOLUTION VI CONGRESS OF THE SOVIETS OF ABKHAZIA
about the changes in the Constitution
11 February 1931
Chairman . . . (Bagapsh
- author). On the issue of the approved agenda the floor
is given to comrade Lagvilava.
Lagvilava: between the V and VI congresses of
the Soviets of Abkhazia the certain constitutional changes have been
introduced. The Congress shall approve
these changes.
First of all the title of the Constitution of
the Abkhaz SSR shall be as follows:
“The Basic Law of the Autonomous
In Article 2 and 7, wherever it’s
said: “On the Basis of Special Treaty”, shall be changed now and instead write
down “the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of Abkhazia”.
The second change that took place
between V and VI Congresses. You know that we had the Central Executive Committee and the Council of
Public Commissars. Now we have
reorganized them and merged the Central Executive Committee and the Council of
Public Commissars into one organ – the Central Executive Committee and the
relevant Public Commissariats attached to it.
The Council of Public Commissariats doesn’t exist any more.
These are the principal changes we wanted to
report you about.
Chairman: those who support the approval of
these changes please raise your hands.
(adopted).
(Jemal Gamakharia, Badri Gogia, Abkhazia-Historical Region of Georgia.