Bulgarian Referendum in Moldova

Reply-To: [email protected]
Sender: [email protected]
From: MINELRES moderator <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 12:55:33 +0200 (EET)
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
Subject: Bulgarian Referendum in Moldova

From: MINELRES moderator <[email protected]>

Original sender: Pavel Antonov <[email protected]>

Bulgarian Referendum in Moldova



MOLDOVA'S ETHNIC BULGARIANS TO HOLD REFERENDUM.

Preparations for holding a referendum in the Taraclia district on
whether to join the newly established Cahul County or opt for
administrative independence have been finalized, Infotag reported,
quoting the chairman of the local electoral commission. 

Voting will take place on 24 January. The Central Electoral Commission
prohibited the referendum, but the Taraclia authorities and the mostly
ethnic Bulgarian residents of the district view the ban as
"unjustified". 

In Sofia, a protest rally took place outside the Moldovan Embassy on
17 January, a spokesman for the Moldovan Foreign Ministry announced on
19 January. The protestors demanded that Taraclia retain its status as
a separate administrative unit.

Parliamentary Chairman Dumitru Diacov on 20 January deplored the
intention to hold the referendum, saying everyone must respect the
country's laws, Flux reported.

MS

RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
________________________________________________________
RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol 3, No. 14, Part II, 21 January

-- 
==============================================================
MINELRES - a forum for discussion on minorities in Central&Eastern
Europe

Submissions: [email protected]  
Subscription/inquiries: [email protected] 
List archive: http://www.riga.lv/minelres/archive.htm
==============================================================