Archive - 5/2010

At the session of the Parliament held 5 May, the government's impeachment was discussed. Head of the Parliament Committee for Legislature and Local Governance Amiran Diakonov took the floor. According to him, the activities of the government's structures engaged in the economic sector led to paralyzed executive branch of power in South Ossetia and this had "an extremely negative impact on the life of the population and caused social tensions".

There is no governmental or political crisis in South Ossetia, stated the president of the Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity while making his speech before the government and the parliament of the Republic. The president expressed his support to the group of the parliament members who put the question of the government's impeachment. "Illiteracy and inaction of some of the ministers block the work of the government and undermines the authority of the Prime-Minister", emphasized the president.

South Ossetia handed over three Georgian citizens detained in October 2009 through the CoE High Commissioner for Human Rights Tomas Hammarberg, reported Human Rights Plenipotentiary David Sanakoev.
“Today, Biganov Levan Tedoevich, 1987, Djamrishvili Djamlet Temurovich, 1984, Tsiklauri Gennady Omarovich, 1971, were released. This fact speaks for the determination of the South Ossetian side to continue the work on release of detainees and search for the missing persons’, said Sanakoev. The detainees were handed over to the Georgian side at the Georgian-Ossetian borderline, village of Ergneti.

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Tomas Hammarberg is arriving in South Ossetia 2 May with a working visit. As the Plenipotentiary for Human Rights David Sanakoev reported to IA RES, the discussions in Tskhinval will again focus on the circumstances of abduction of South Ossetian citizens by Georgian law enforcement bodies during and after the hostilities in August 2008.