Adzynba steps down as Abkhazia's first deputy premier amid disagreement over failure to enforce language law
SUKHUM. Aug 15 (Interfax) - Abkhazia's first deputy prime minister Shamil Adzynba has announced his decision to resign.
"I am not content with the way things are at the moment. This by no means concerns the appointment of the new prime minister: I support Beslan Bartsits' candidacy and wish him luck. I spoke to the president one on one, I explained him my position, the president understood, and we parted as friends," Adzynba told reporters in Sukhum on Monday.
The decision to step down as first deputy prime minister is partly due to the failure to enforce the language law in the making of appointment-related decisions, he said.
"I am talking about the failure to enforce the language law, a constitutional law that requires government officials to know the official language. A number of new appointments contradict the language law," Adzynba said.
Next year he is planning to stand for the Abkhazian People's Assembly, he said.
Adzynba was Abzkhazia's first deputy prime minister since October 2014.