DECREE
ISSUED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA on Stay of Execution of the decree issued on
On
This act of the Presidium of the Supreme Council
of the Abkhaz ASSR grossly violates the Constitution of the Republic of
Georgia, the current legislation and the law of ASSR on “the Elections of
Deputies to the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR” itself.
Two thirds of the total number
of members of the Central Electoral Commission are representatives of
the bloc “Soyuz”. 13 Members of the Commission are from
As a result of the decree issued by the Presidium
of Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR, the Georgian population of Abkhazia
found itself being overtly discriminated against. Unlike the rest of
population, electoral rights of Georgians are not protected at all. The fact
that the legislation of Abkhazia does not provide for procedures of challenging
decisions of the central electoral commission further aggravates the already
difficult situation of Georgian electorate. All the aforementioned represent
violation of article 32 of the Constitution of the
Holding of elections of Deputies to the Supreme
Council of the Abkhaz ASSR through non-democratically and illegally elected
central electoral commission determined the very unlawfulness of the elections
from the very start.
Pursuant to Paragraph 13 of Article 1211 of the
Constitution of the
I decree:
To terminate the execution of the decree issued on
President of the
(Newspaper “Sakartvelos Respublica”, # 130, 7 August
1991)