T.R.N.C. Parliament Unanimously Accepts Referendum Draft Law

LEFKOSA - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Parliament on Monday unanimously accepted ''Referendum Draft Law about Finding a Solution to the Cyprus Issue.''
The draft law includes some arrangements about the referendum to be held at the end of the negotiation process aiming to find a fair and lasting solution to the Cyprus issue on the basis of the plan of United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan.
Parliamentarians of Republican Turkish Party (CTP), Democrat Party (DP) Peace and Democracy Movement (BDH) and Communal Liberation Party (TKP) approved the Draft Referendum Law. The parliamentarians accepted to put the agreement that would be reached on Cyprus to referendum on April 20, 2004 or at any date which Council of Ministers would determine and publish in the Official Gazette which will by all means be before May 1.
National Unity Party (UBP) boycotted the meeting.
The draft law will take effect after the president signs it and after being published in the Official Gazette.
(AY) 22.03.2004