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RADOR: News from Romania, 99-03-03
March 3, 1999
CONTENTS
[01] Government Ordinance on Fiscal Control Approved by Senate;
[02] The House of Deputies Has Approved the Lifting of Deputy Gabriel
Bivolaru's Immunity;
[03] Senator Viorel Catarama on PNR's Priorities;
[04] End of an International Conference on "Five Years of Partnership for
Peace";
[05] Chase Manhattan Bank Delegation Met Prime Minister Radu Vasile.
[01] Government Ordinance on auditing approved by Senate
The Romanian Senate has adopted on Tuesday the draft law approving the
Government Ordinance 70/1997 on auditing. The document is unifying the
legislation in the field on both the right of the fiscal adminitration to
control the way the contributors answer their fiscal duties according to
law and some procedural aspects in auditing operations. The debates in the
Senate also focused on the draft law amending and completing the Law
31/1996 on state monopoly and the draft law on local public administration
and the genMral status of local autonomy. RADOR
[02] The House of Deputies has approved the lifting of deputy Gabriel
Bivolaru's immunity;
Following the request of Justice Minister Valeriu Stoica, with 242 votes
for and 50 against, the House of Deputies has approved the lifting of
deputy Gabriel Bivolaru's immunity. Gabriel Bivolaru, a deputy representing
the Party of Social Democracy in Romania (PDSR) is suspected of financial
mismanegement, tax evasion, forgery and forgery abuse and, following the
vote in the House, he now may face detention and search and then he may
appear in court. According to Art. 110, paragraph 2 in House regulations,
at least two thirds of the votes are needed to lift the immunity of a
deputy. At its session on Tuesday, the deputies have also adopted the first
15 articles in the draft law on pensions. RADOR
[03] Senator Viorel Catarama on PNR's priorities
At a press conference on Tuesday, senator Viorel Catarama has reiterated
the Romanian National Party's main pMiorities. The PNR priorities include
lower fiscality, taxes and VAT and agriculture subsidies. The senator, who
became the new acting president of the PNR recently, warned that, as long
as the standard of living was low, Romania's chances of joining the EU were
poor. The PNR called on the government to keep the promises it made during
the election campaign, increase its efforts and deal with the problems the
Romanians in Transylvania were facing. RADOR
[04] End of an international conference on "Five Years of Partnership for
Peace"
An international conference on "Five Years of Partnership for Peace" has
ended at the Parliament Palace on Tuesday. Participants included NATO
officials, MPs and experts of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council member
states. Closing speeches were made by Ioan Mircea Plangu, state secretary
with Romania's Ministry of National Defence (MApN) and Richard Kirby, the
head of the NATO Department for Political Affairs. Among other things, he
said that all Marticipants seemed to be aware about the current security
risks and challenges. According to the NATO official, preventing conflicts
was far better and cheaper than administrating them and the Partnership for
Peace played a special part in the security strategy promoting military co-
operation. If one cannot divide the security as a whole then
resposabilities cannot be divided either, Mr Kirby pointed out. State
secretary Ioan Mircea Plangu said Romania expected the NATO Washington
summit to answer more clearly the country's wish to join the Alliance and
adopt concrete measures designed to increase the PfP's efficiency. RADOR
[05] Chase Manhattan Bank delegation met Prime Minister Radu Vasile
Romanian Prime Minister Radu Vasile met a Chase Manhattan Bank delegation
including director general Miray Muminoglu and Sorin Adrian Anghel, the
deputy director general of the bank's Bucharest branch. Miray Muminoglu
said the bank's decision to transfer its operations to the National Bank of
MGreece was part of the new strategy the CMB adopted after its merger with
the Chemical Bank. Chase Manhattan was to provide further services for its
Romanian clients through its brnach in London. On the other hand, Mr
Muminoglu has mentioned that the bank was deeply involved in the activities
of some big companies working in Romania. According to a fax issued by the
Romanian Government, Mr Muminoglu said the bank was interested in getting
further involved in Romania's privatisation process. RADOR
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