11.   Ciorbea was accused of stalling reforms and of being too obedient to party interests.

12.   He appointed Gen. Igor Sergeyev defense minister and made Gen. Anatoly Kvashnin acting chief of the general staff a day after firing their predecessors for stalling reforms.

13.   Hard-liners have used the Majlis, or parliament, to stall reforms.

14.   He recalled that political bickering had stalled reforms, leaving Bulgaria far behind other former communist countries in the race for a successful market economy and a stable democracy.

15.   His nationalist coalition partners have been stalling reforms, fearing some of the measures, such as greater rights for Kurds, would break up the country.

16.   His predecessor, Victor Ciorbea, resigned after he was accused of stalling reforms and listening only to his National Peasant Party in the four-party ruling coalition.

17.   Internal opposition has also stalled the reform, and only minor and sporadic cuts have been carried out.

18.   Opposition deputies said that martial law stalled economic reforms in Poland for at least a decade and charged that Jaruzelski and the other communist leaders ignored peaceful solutions.

19.   On Friday, Koizumi rebutted criticism that factions within his party were stalling reforms.

20.   Reforms have been stalled by political bickering, corruption and bureaucracy.