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RADOR: News from Romania, 99-03-23
March 23, 1999
CONTENTS
[01] Romanian President to start a debate over economic and social problems
of the country
[02] Meeting of the ruling coalition leaders
[03] Draft laws passed by the Senate
[04] "NATO cannot be envisaged without Bulgaria and Romania", Turkish
President said
[01] Romanian President to start a debate over economic and social problems
of the country
The Romanian President Emil Constantinescu has decided to pay all attention
to setting up a comprehensive debate over the economic and social problems
of the country. This debate is due to be attended by representatives of
political parties, of the Government, trade unions, businessmen, civil
associations and media - the Press Office of the Presidency has announced.
The head of state started a series of prior talks on Saturday 20 when Mr
Constantinescu met a delegation of economic experts while on Monday he met
representatives of the Social Democracy Party. RADOR, March 23
[02] Meeting of the ruling coalition leaders
The leaders of the ruling coalition decided on Monday morning that the
Prime-Minister should declare Governemnt's responsibility over a law aimed
to speed up reform and easing the privatization process. At the end of the
talks the President of the Christian-Democratic Peasants' Party (CDNPP) Ion
Diaconescu said that the draft of the new law would be examined by experts
from each political party who would state thir own opinioons upun this law.
The Prime Vice-President of the Liberal Party Valeriu Stoica has said that
the legal framework for privatization is going to be influenced as other
laws directly connected to the reform process are due to be altered. These
laws are: the Audit Court law, the bankruptcy law and the law over
protection of the minoritary shareholder. The Vice-President of the
Democrat Party Victor Babiuc has said that the project is due to be
finalized this week depending on the objections by the political factions
in the Parliament and that after talks over the law they will submit it to
the Parliament for approval. RADOR, March 23
[03] Draft laws passed by the Senate
The Senate passed the draft law on ratifying the convention betweeen
Romania and the Kingdom of the Netherlands over avoiding double imposal and
prevention of tax evasion on Monday. The Senate has also passed the draft
law on approving the Government Bill no. 8/1999 over ratifying the
agreement between Black Sea Economic Cooperation members. They have also
passed the draft law on ratifying the joint convention over safe handling
of used fuel and radioactive waste. RADOR, March 23
[04] "NATO cannot be envisaged without Bulgaria and Romania", Turkish
President said
The Turkish President Suleyman Demirel has said while in the Bulgarian
capital Sofia that NATO could not be envisaged without Bulgaria and
Romania. He has told a press conference that Turkey will act along with
NATO for solving the Kosovo crisis and stressed that this action was not
against a specific country but it is aimed to put an end to the conflict in
this Serbian province. RADOR, March 23
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