TSKHINVAL, May 13. /TASS/. South Ossetia’s Supreme Court has considered the package of documents on a referendum on the republic’s accession to Russia and gave a positive opinion, a spokesman for the South Ossetian presidential administration told TASS on Friday.
"The Supreme Court held a session today. They made this decision unanimously. The package of documents was referred back to the president. And he signed it," he said.
According to earlier reports, South Ossetia’s Central Election Commission on Friday approved and referred to the president a package of documents concerning the referendum on joining Russia. The president signed a decree appointing the referendum on July 17.
Bibilov said on March 30 that South Ossetia would take legal steps to join Russia. Parliament speaker Alan Tadtayev said that a referendum on the accession to Russia would be organized in the near future.
Meanwhile, South Ossetia’s President Elect Alan Gagloyev said in an interview with TASS that a referendum on his country’s accession to Russia is to be organized when Moscow gives to understand that it is time for that.