LAW OF
THE ABKHAZ ASSR on changes and
amendments to the Constitution (Basic Law) of the Abkhaz ASSR
Article 102. The Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR
shall be fully accountable to the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR exercising
the organizational activity of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR and fulfilling
other authorities within the framework determined by the Constitution of the
Abkhaz ASSR and other laws of the Abkhaz ASSR.
The Presidium of the Supreme Council shall consist
the following officials: Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR,
deputy chairmen of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR, Chairman of the
Chamber of Control of the Abkhaz ASSR, chairmen of the standing Commissions of
the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR.
The Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz
ASSR leads the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR. After the expiration of the term of authority
of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR the Presidium reserves its authority
until the first sitting of the newly elected Supreme Council of the Abkhaz
ASSR.
Article 103. The Presidium of the Supreme council of the
Abkhaz ASSR shall:
1) convene the sessions
of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR;
2) arrange the sittings of the Session of the
Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR;
3) coordinate the work of standing commissions and
sub-commissions of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR;
4) assist the People’s Deputies of the Abkhaz ASSR
to exercise their authority and provide the necessary information;
5) approve the date for, and coordinate the election
of the people’s deputies for the local councils of the Abkhaz ASSR;
6) coordinate the
preparatory works and hold the referendum as well as the nation-wide discussion
of the draft laws of the Abkhaz ASSR and other principal issues of the State
life;
7) establish the memorial
or other national days of the Abkhaz ASSR;
8) institute and award
honourable titles and decorations of the Abkhaz ASSR;
9) publish in Abkhaz,
Georgian and Russian languages the shorthand of reports and other acts issued
by the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR, the Presidium of the Abkhaz ASSR and
the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR;
10) The Presidium of the Abkhaz ASSR shall issue
the Orders and Decrees, which shall be considered adopted if the majority of
the Presidium has voted in favour.
(…)
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council
of the Abkhaz ASSR V. Ardzinba
(Newspaper “Sovetskaia Abkhazia”, # 236, 8 December
1990)