91. The government should also increase revenues by introducing dramatic reforms to taxation, including the imposition of a goods and services tax, the IMF said. 92. The government introduced voting reforms for this vote, including single ballot papers. 93. The government has tried to introduce market reforms such as privatization of state-owned industries. 94. The government introduced voting reforms for this election, including single ballot papers. 95. The hard-liners also stonewalled efforts by Rafsanjani to introduce reforms, wanting a stricter state hand in enforcing the Muslim code in everyday life. 96. The rejection comes after Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar bluntly told Castro this month that aid to Cuba would be withheld until Castro introduces democratic reforms. 97. The Supreme Court endorsed him but gave him three years to introduce reforms and return the country to democracy. 98. The Supreme Court then gave him three years to introduce reforms, root out corruption and return the country to democracy. 99. Thus it is right for Japan to introduce similar reforms and not to be fearful of mergers and takeovers, he said. 100. They have blocked efforts by reformist President Mohammad Khatami to ease social restrictions, promote political freedoms and introduce economic reforms. |