From: msirbu@next5.cs.umr.edu (Mihai Sirbu)
Subject: Moldova/Romania News from RFE/RL, 9/11/92
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 16:50:12 GMT
Organization: University of Missouri-Rolla, Missouri's Technological University

 RFE/RL DAILY REPORT                 No. 175, September 11, 1992


MOLDOVAN PRIME MINISTER VISITS SIBERIA.  Moldovan Prime Minister
Andrei Sangheli, accompanied by several ministers and other
economic officials, began a tour of Siberia and the Russian Far
East, Moldovapres and Interfax reported on 9 September.  The
delegation seeks medium-term contracts for fuel and raw material
deliveries in exchange for Moldovan foodstuffs.  They also signed
an agreement along these lines for 1993 with Tyumen oil producers.
In addition, the Modovan delegation is concerned about the status
of the thousands of Moldovans working on Siberian oil and gas
projects; they are proposing that the labor of these workers be
counted toward Moldova's payment for the resources. (Vladimir
Socor, RFE/RL Inc.)

"DNIESTER REPUBLIC" ESTABLISHES MINISTRIES.  The current session of
the "Dniester Republic Supreme Soviet" is discussing the
establishment of a full-fledged government with ministries,
DR-Press reported in recent days from Tiraspol.  Ministries of
defense and national security have already been established,
Aleksandr Nevzorov's TV program "600 Seconds" reported on 9
September. Echoing a theme often heard from Russian
ultranationalist supporters of the "Dniester republic," Nevzorov
hailed the progress of "this first republic free of democrats."
(Vladimir Socor, RFE/RL Inc.)

ROMANIAN HIGH COURT RULES ON ILIESCU'S SENATE CANDIDACY. On 10
September the Supreme Court of Justice rejected an action by
attorney Nicolae Cerveni against the Democratic National Salvation
Front (DNSF), the party backing Ion Iliescu's candidacy for a seat
in the Senate. Cerveni contends that the DNSF's decision to field
Iliescu violates the electoral law, which provides that parliament
candidates be members of the party they run for. Iliescu, who is
also the DNSF's presidential candidate, has no official party
affiliation.  Meanwhile, Radio Bucharest reports that Iliescu
continues his electoral campaign in the provinces.  On 10 September
he visited the town of Calarasi. (Dan Ionescu, RFE/RL Inc.)

ROMANIA ACCUSES DIPLOMATS OF MEDDLING.  On 9 September Traian
Chebeleu, a spokesman for the Romanian Foreign Ministry, suggested
that diplomats in Bucharest are meddling in the electoral campaign.
Rompres quoted Chebeleu as saying that his ministry has received
several complaints about alleged attempts by foreign diplomats to
influence the electorate.  Chebeleu, who refused to say which
embassies were involved in these actions, insisted that Romania
welcomes foreign election observers, including members of the
diplomatic corps, on the condition that they observe neutrality.
(Dan Ionescu, RFE/RL Inc.)

SOLE MAGYAR OFFICIAL IN ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT DISMISSED. Radio
Budapest reported on 9 September that Andor Horvath, state
secretary for education and the only Romanian cabinet official of
Hungarian nationality, has been dismissed from his post. No reason
was given for the move. The educational sector is considered
crucial by Romania's two million ethnic Hungarians who are fighting
for more schools with instruction in Hungarian.  (Judith Pataki,
RFE/RL Inc.)

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