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RADOR: News from Romania, 99-02-16
February 16, 1999
CONTENTS
[01] The Parliament finalized annex no. 3 of the budget
[02] Laws to be discussed by the Chamber of Deputies
[03] Miron Cozma sentenced to 18 year prison
[04] Agreement in principle between CDNPP and DP over building restitution
[05] Opinions regarding Pope's visit to Romania
[01] The Parliament finalized annex no. 3 of the budget
Romanian MP's have finalized talks over annex no. 3 of the budget. This
annex is about the main credit accontants. Annexes no. 1 and 2 of the draft
budget were are due to be examined on Tuesday after they are altered
according to the statements of the 3rd annex. They also started discussing
on the social insurance budget the same Monday night. RADOR, February 16
[02] Laws to be discussed by the Chamber of Deputies
Vice Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies Vasile Lupu said that the
Permanent Bureau of the Chamber had accepted a proposal by the Social
Democracy Party on altering the election law. A contact group is due to be
formed on centralizing possible proposals by other parliamentary groups.
This initiative is due to be analysed next week. The Commission in charge
with altering the Chamber's regulations has approved an initiative on a
procedure of lifting parliamentary immunity.
[03] Miron Cozma sentenced to 18 year prison
On Monday the Romanian Supreme Court of Justice condemned the miners'
leader Miron Cozma to 18 year of prison under accusation of undermining
state power, uncompliance to weapon and munition regulations and also for
crimes concerning safety of railway traffic. The court has also ruled over
Miron Cozma losing his military rank and he was forbidden to enter the
cities of Bucharest and Petrosani for a period of 5 years after his
sentence is over. The other accused in this case is Silviu Octavian Popescu
and he was sentenced to five year prison under accusation of undermining
state power. The court's sentence is irrevocable. RADOR, February 16
[04] Agreement in principle between CDNPP and DP over building restitution
The President of the Christian-Democratic Peasant's Party (CDNPP) Ion
Diaconescu said Monday that his Party and the Democratic Party (DP) had
reached a principle agreement agreement over restitution of nationalized
buildings and agriculture land. Mr Diaconescu said that no matter the
result of the negotiations between the two parties, the CDNPP would support
the draft law on restitution of land and forests. RADOR, February 16
[05] Opinions regarding Pope's visit to Romania
The visit by Pope John-Paul II to Romania is going to strenghten dialogue
between the Orthodox and the Catholic churches in Romania. This was said by
the spokesman for the CDNPP Remus Opris at apress conference. He added that
this visit was also important because it shows that Romania enjoys good
appreciation abroad. The CDNPP is interested in the existence of harmonious
relations between the Romanian Orthodox and Greek-Catholic churches as that
CDNPP former leaders as Maniu and Coposu were Greek-Catholic Christians.
The Romanian Ambassador to Vatican Teodor Bakonski has said: "It is a
typical visit; it is not going to be one of the Holy Father's usual
apostolic visits as he does in Catholic countries. First it is going to be
an ecumenical visit as it is for the forts time when the Pontiff meets the
head of an Orthodox Church in a mainly Orthodox Christian country. The
visit has also two other purposes: a pastoral one as the Pope will meet
Romanian Roman- and Greek-Catholics and a political one as he will also
meet President Constantinescu who was in fact the one that invited the Pope
to visit Romania. The visit is not seen as an arbitration in the conflict
between the two churches in Romania but the presence of the pontiff in our
country would give an impetus to inter-confessional pacification; this is
not going to be done through explicit action but through a healthy
secondary effect of his visit". RADOR, February 16
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