Talk:Kozak memorandum

Articles 16-19

Here and here the memorandum consists of 15 articles and nothing is said about Russian military bases. Compare it with the Russian text at regnum where we find articles 16-19 and among them article 18 dealing with Russian peacekeepers (as they are called there). I couldn't find similar English text so let's keep both links in the articles. Alæxis_¿question? 19:34, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

UPDATE: I've read "Should the Transnistrian tail wag the Bessarabian dog?" article and now I'm even more confused than before as it's written there that :

“ President Smirnov of Transnistria has characterised the document as a compromise able to normalise relations between Moldova and Transnistria. However he also wants military guarantees, which are not mentioned in the proposal . He wants a Treaty providing for a Russian military deployment in Moldova for 30 years. ”

Were there two variants of the memorandum?.. Alæxis_¿question? 20:33, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Outright blocking minority

“ By this plan, Transnistria would be an outright blocking minority. ”

This is what now is written in the article. Let's look at the relevant part of memorandum:

“ 10. a) Federal organic laws are adopted by the House of Representatives with a simple majority of votes of the established number of members of the House, and are confirmed by the Senate by a simple majority of votes of the established number of members and must be promulgated by the federal President. In the case that the Senate does not confirm federal organic laws, the law is considered to be rejected.

b) Federal ordinary laws are adopted by the House of Representatives with a simple majority of votes of the established number of members of the House, and are confirmed by the Senate by a simple majority of votes of the established number of members and must be promulgated by the federal President.

Vetos by the Senate of federal ordinary laws and vetos by the federal President of federal organic laws and federal ordinary laws can be overridden by the House of Representatives through a repeat adoption of the law in question by a qualified majority of not less than 2/3 of the established number of members of the House of Representatives.

c) Laws of the federal territory are adopted by the House of Representatives by a simple majority of the established number of members of the House of Representatives and must be promulgated by the federal President. Laws of the federal territory do not need to be confirmed by the Senate.

d) Changes in the constitution of the federation are made by Federal constitutional laws, which are adopted in the House of Representatives by a majority of not less than 2/3 of the votes of the established number of members of the House, and are confirmed by the Senate by a majority of not less than 4/5 of the votes of the established number of members of the Senate. In the case that the Senate does not confirm federal constitutional laws, the law is considered to be rejected.

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So the only thing potential Transnistrian senators would be able to block is constitution change. All the other laws couldn't be blocked by PMR senators alone. Imho it's a far cry from 'outright blocking minority'. Alæxis_¿question? 19:51, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

I believe it originally meant Transnistria and Gagauzia together would be the blocking minority. --Illythr (talk) 10:42, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Other

Imho the article lacks the reaction of the PMR government to the memorandum. It's also interesting whether Bender was supposed to be in PMR or Moldova proper according to the plan. Alæxis_¿question? 20:09, 9 April 2009 (UTC)