THE LAW OF THE REPUBLIC
OF GEORGIA on introducing changes and
amendments to the law of the Republic
of Georgia “on Local
Governance in the transitional Period”
In connection with the reorganization of the
bodies of state authority and governance, the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia decrees:
To introduce to the law of the Republic of Georgia “on Local Governance in the
transitional Period” the following changes and amendments:
(…)
2. To article 5 of the law:
a) To word the first sentence of para 1(4) as
follows:
“The President of the Republic
of Georgia shall have the right to
appoint and dismiss the prefect with the consent of the Government of the Republic of Georgian and of the Council of Ministers
of the autonomous republic”.
b) To word the second sentence of para 1(4) as follows:
“The prefect shall be responsible and
accountable before the Supreme Council of the Republic
of Georgia, the President of the Republic of Georgia,
the Government of the Republic
of Georgia, and in
autonomous republic – also before the Supreme Council and the Council of
Minsiters of the autonomous republic”.
(…)
e) To word para 3(4) as follows:
“The Government of the republic of Georgia
and the council of ministers of the relevant autonomous republic shall have the
right to suspend the acts issued by the prefect. The President of Georgia shall have the right
to abrogate the acts issued by the prefect, upon his/her initiative or based on
the materials submitted by the Prosecutor’s Office, also in the cases provided
for by the law”.
(…)
The President of the Republic of Georgia Z. Gamsakhurdia
Tbilisi, 23
April 1991
(Bulletins of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia, # 4, 1991,
p. 61-62)