DECREE ISSUED
BY THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE ABKHAZ ASSR on
the 10th Session of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR of the 11th
Convocation
Having addressed the report of the Deputy Chairman
of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR V.G. Kholbaia “on
the 10th Session of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR”, the Supreme
Council of the Abkhaz ASSR gathered at its extraordinary Session notes that on
25 August 1990 the group of deputies of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR
adopted the resolution “On legal guaranties of the State Protection” and the
Declaration “On state Sovereignty of the Soviet Socialist Republic of
Abkhazia”.
Groundless and malicious accusations toward
The Supreme Council and the leadership of the
Presidium failed to march in step with the process of reforms and
democratization. They failed to
elaborate recommendations in order to solve the accumulated problems, including
the problems relating to the inter-ethnic relations. For more than a year and a
half we have failed to convene the session and discuss already matured vital
important issues, those that shall be solved expeditiously.
But since June of this year the leadership of the
Supreme Council has made several attempts to discuss the main issues without
prior consultations with the public and deputies. Consequently the thousands of working people
at their meetings and gatherings expressed their negative attitude toward the
idea of the state sovereignty of Abkhazia unilaterally formulated by certain
groups of people.
Expressing their attitude to the Session of
On
Confidentially prepared draft of the declaration
hasn’t been published. Even the most of
the Deputies of the Presidium knew nothing about the declaration that became
unexpected surprise for the deputies that had gathered at the hall. The organizers of the session hesitated to
include into agenda the issue regarding the declaration.
The preparation of the session and its conduct was
a vivid example of the usurpation of the sovereign rights of the people and
such conduct cannot be abandoned without the adequate response and reasonable
counter-measures.
We reaffirm that all people have undeniable right
to determine the own destiny but we have to give a political assessment to the
situation established in Abkhazia and to those acts the decision on state independence
is based on.
In accordance with the Decree of the Presidium of
the Supreme council of the Georgian SSR of 26 August 1990 “on the Decision
Taken by the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR on 25 August
The Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR decrees:
1. To abrogate anti-Constitutional, unlawful and
legally groundless Decision taken by the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR on
25 August 1990 “On legal Guaranties of the State protection of Abkhazia” that
violates the territorial integrity of Georgia and to denounce “the Declaration
on Abkhazia’s State Sovereignty” as it runs counter to the legal interests of
the vast majority of the population of Abkhazia.
2. To condemn the accusations toward Georgia and
Georgian people announced at the Session on
3. To endorse the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme
Council of the Georgian SSR of 26 August 1990 “on the Decision Taken by the
Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR on 25 August
4. To set up a Commission of Deputies for
investigation the facts of breach of the regulations, procedural issues and
order of registration of deputies, as well as the facts of exerting influence
upon certain deputies using unlawful and non-democratic methods, which took place
at the Session on 25 August 1990.
8. To forward this Decree to the Supreme Council
of the USSR, Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR and Supreme Council of the
RSFSR; to publish the Decree in press.
The Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the
Supreme council of the Abkhaz SSR V.
Kholbaia
For the Secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme
council of the Abkhaz SSR R. Salukvadze
(Newspaper “Sabchota Abkhazeti” # 171, 6 October 1990)