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RADOR: News from Romania, 98-04-09
April 9, 1998
CONTENTS
[01] Negotiations concerning programme of government
[02] Opinions about programme of government
[03] Government priority: fight against inflation
[04] Statement of minister who was named for National Defence Ministry
[05] PUNR will not vote new government
[06] ApR on its way to merge with PSDR?
[07] Victor Ciorbea was asked to get back on position for which he was
elected: mayor of Bucharest city
[08] Brasov's mayor Ioan Ghise - ex-security informer
[09] A new increasing of salaries
[10] Prices increasing
[11] Receivings at President Constantinescu
[12] Romania ratified European Agreement concerning persons who take part
into procedures of European Court for Human Rights
[13] Foreign Affairs Ministry has sent a special emissary in the Balkans
[14] Diplomatic scandal from Bonn
[01] Negotiations concerning programme of government
Appointed premier Radu Vasile declared on Wednesday programme of government
is about finished. He has specified there are no controversies inside
Soalition but has recognized some points are to be solved by a compromise.
Radu Vasile has also affirmed there are two opinions concerning the way in
which conditions for retrocession of properties are expressed. These
opinions will be included in programme of government or will be
parliamentary initiative object. Radu Vasile chooses variant of registering
them in programme of government. On Wednesday Sorin Dimitriu leader of
PNTCD negotiators' team affirmed there is a perfect co-operation among all
coalition groups. On his turn PNL representative Valeriu Stoica has
stressed programme is to be re-examined by ministers from economic fields
and then during Monday would be submmitted to parliament. Valeriu Stoica
said priorities are diminishing of inflation, interest rate and launching
processes of re-structuring state utilities. He affirmed once more he would
take into consideration simultaneous promotion of draft bill concerning
retrocession imobiliar properties and lodgers' protectioS. In that way
conceptual differences between PNTCD and PD could be surpassed. RADOR,
April 9
[02] Opinions about programme of government
Referring to programme of government Gyorgy Tokay minister mandatary
besides prime-minister for national minorities has declared there is a
perfect agreement concerning discussions about privatization problem. On
his turn Laszlo Borbely other UDMR leader has mentioned there are not
divergent opinions. Concerning diminishing of fiscality it will be
discussed with minister for finance and inflation limit of 45% settled for
this year has to be respected. RADOR, April 9
[03] Government priority: fight against inflation
Daniel Daianu appointed minister for Finance Ministry has declared this
cabinet priority remains fight against inflation. Referring to diminishing
fiscality Daniel Daianu has said it would be better fiscality to be
diminished as much as it would not modify budgetary deficit. RADOR, April
9
[04] Statement of minister who was named for NStional Defence Ministry
Victor Babiuc recently named for position of minister of national defence
has declared - for RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI exclusively - problem of
amnestying facts from December 1989 was broached hurriedly and
contradictorily. In his opinion we could speak about an amnesty when
investigations were carried into effect and it would be a case of penal
responsability. Victor Babiuc has also declared that matter was not solved
till now so that Romanian soldiers just like any other Romanian citizen
benefit to innocent presumption which makes amnesty problem useless. PD
deputy chairman Victor Babiuc considers it has to be avoided extension of a
possible culpability from one-two persons to the whole army as it was done
until now. RADOR, April 9
[05] PUNR will not vote new government
PUNR (Romanian National Unit Party) will vote against validation of new
governmental team by parliament deputy Ioan Gavra declared during Wednesday
press conference of his party. PUNR deSuty has also said there was not a
real change of government but only a making up of the old one. He has added
PUNR does not trust this government capacity for carrying out reform in
Romania. According to PUNR opinion the only solution for surpassing this
crisis means early elections. RADOR, April 9
[06] ApR on its way to merge with PSDR?
Alliance for Romania (ApR) is in advanced negotiations with Romanian Social
Democrat Party (PSDR) for establishing an alliance in view of merge. During
Wednesday press conference ApR leader Teodor Melescanu said just now his
party negotiates with PSDR a common politic programme for establishing a
politic proposal which could be accepted by voters. For negotiations ApR is
represented by first deputy chairman Mircea Cosea and deputy chairman
Marian Enache. Teodor Melescanu has also said his party is about to put an
end to a parliamentary agreement with PUNR (Romanian National Unit Party)
and it also has a politic dialogue with PD. This dialogue does Sot alter
negotiations' process with PSDR Teodor Melescanu added. ApR leader has also
affirmed perspective for enlarging USD (Social Democrat Union) was not yet
discussed but the matter would be taken into consideration. "No co-
operation form which we negotiate now will alter ApR identity" Teodor
Melescanu specified. RADOR, April 9
[07] Victor Ciorbea was asked to get back on position for which he was
elected: mayor of Bucharest city
Chief of Bucharest city administration Ion Iordan and mayors of 2.3.4 and 5
districts have tried to convince Victor Ciobea to get back on his decision
of resigning from Capital general mayor's position. On Tuesday PNTCD
organization from Bucharest launched an insistent appeal to Victor Ciorbea
in the same direction. Appeal was also signed by Viorel Lis temporary
general mayor of capital and it has asked Victor Ciorbea to get back on
position for which he was elected by overwhelming majority of Bucharest
citizens. In a statement PD pays attention if ViStor Ciorbea got back on
position of capital mayor it would be possible to benefit not to politic
support of PD cousellors in General Council. In statement signed by PD
deputy chairman Traian Basescu it is expressed a hope Victor Ciorbea could
fulfil Bucharest citizens'hopes to have a city better administrated,
cleaner and richer. RADOR, April 9
[08] Brasov's mayor Ioan Ghise - ex-security informer
On Wednesday local press from Brasov published a document from back in 1983
by which present mayor Ioan Ghise - at that time educator at Industrial
Secondary School "Tractor" - engaged himself to support security bodies
secretly and organized in order to prevent, discover and end with any
action against security of state. On Wednesday also in local press mayor of
Brasov recognized document's authenticity but he specified he was forced to
sign that engagement because some children from Lybia were pupils in that
school. "I wrote no information about any Romanian acquaintance, relative
orSfriend. From this point of view I have a clear conscience" mayor Ghise
declared. RADOR, April 9
[09] A new increasing of salaries
Senate has debated and adopted draft law for approving Governmental
Ordinance (OG) nr.34/1998 concerning increasing of salaries for staff from
sanitary units. Draft law makes provision for a 25% increasing of main
salary for staff from sanitary units and social assistance and a 30%
increasing for resident doctors and chemists also those being on probation.
At the end of the meeting senators went on debating legislative initiative
concerning access to own file and revealing Security as a politic police.
RADOR, April 9
[10] Prices increasing
Consumer price index in March 1998 in comparison with February 1998 was
103.8% and with December 1997 was 116.6%. The most important increase was
registered in services field price index in March being of 123.15% in
comparison with December last year. The biggest increase of prices in
services field was registereS at post, telephone, telegraph index for March
being of 167% compared with December. This document was issued by the
National Commission for Statistics. RADOR, April 9
[11] Receivings at President Constantinescu
President Emil Constantinescu met on Wednesday afternoon Mrs.Susanne
Kastmer vice-president of parliamentary group of Germany-Romania
friendship. On meeting agenda there were present politic situation from our
country and reason for building up a new government. German high official
has positively appreciated policy adopted by Bucharest stressing economic
circles from Germany wish to continue and improve bilateral relations. Also
on Wednesday President Emil Constantinescu received leader of French-
Romanian universitary solidarity group Mr.Bernard Debre. RADOR, April 9
[12] Romania ratified European Agreement concerning persons who take part
into procedures of European Court for Human Rights
Romania has ratified the European Agreement concerning persons who take
part into pSocedures of European Commission and European Court for Human
Rights A statement of Council of Europe with residence at Strasbourg says.
Ratification documents were handed over to the General Secretary of this
body Daniel Tarschys by ambassador Sabin Pop who is Romania permanent
ambassador at Council of Europe. Up-mentioned agreement asks states members
to assure themselves persons who take part into established procedures
according to European Convention of Human Rights have immunity in front of
Court and Commission as well as liberty of exchanging letters with members
of these bodies. RADOR, April 9
[13] Foreign Affairs Ministry has sent a special emissary in the Balkans
On Wednesday Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry sent a special emissary in
the Balkans zone for determining ways and resources for an ample and
lasting solving of situation from Serbian province Kosovo RADIO ROMANIA
ACTUALITATI announced. General manager Ioan Donca will pay visits to Tirana,
Skopje, Pristina, PodgorSca and Belgrade for meetings with officials of
local administrative and politic structures. Romanian diplomacy has not in
view a direct involving or a specific part but as a stability element of
zone wishes to have a real view of situation in Kosovo - Foreign Affairs
Ministry communique said. RADOR, April 9
[14] Diplomatic scandal from Bonn
In connection with scandal in which were involved officials of Romanian
Embassy at Bonn namely vice-consul Alexandru Stanescu and driver Cristian
Catrinescu Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) spokesman Mihnea Motoc declared
on Wednesday their activity would be analysed in detail during next few
days by MAE specific instances. Ministry Council of Honour will determine
if besides vice-consul's negligence there is another guilt and how serious
and of what kind is it. MAE spokesman has specified for the moment driver
Cristian Catrinescu is in hospital but he will also be investigated like
vice-consul. The Romanian diplomacy head Andrei Plesu ordered anyScase of
violation of financial or banking discipline to entail respective person's
coming back into the country for investigations. Mihnea Motoc has specified
MAE is to control all diplomatic services where disorders were pointed to.
RADOR, April 9
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