Aslan Bzhania has agreed to protesters’ demands to preserve “constitutional order”
The President of Abkhazia, Aslan Bzhania, has submitted his resignation amid a wave of anti-government unrest in the post-Soviet state, urging protesters to fulfill their part of the agreement and vacate the occupied complex of government buildings in Sukhumi.
The announcement follows eight hours of negotiations with the opposition on Monday, during which Bzhania’s government attempted to resolve the crisis that erupted last week.
“In order to preserve stability and constitutional order in the country, in accordance with Article 65 of the Constitution of the Republic of Abkhazia, I am resigning from the post of President of the Republic of Abkhazia,” read the document signed by Bzhania and circulated by his office early Tuesday morning.
