21.   Marjanovic told state radio and television that a draft law reinstating the disputed part of the local election results would probably be submitted to parliament on Wednesday.

22.   Ms. Fitzgerald of the embassy said she believed that the draft law would pass.

23.   Now that it has been approved by the cabinet, the draft law must be voted on by parliament.

24.   On Friday, the center-right Cabinet approved a draft law introducing tougher immigration regulations, including prison terms for illegal immigrants who return after being expelled.

25.   On Wednesday, it passed a draft law to rescind the agreement that Yeltsin and Kuchma reached last year to divide the fleet.

26.   Once it is approved by the cabinet, the draft law must be voted on by parliament.

27.   Rocha said the draft law was not the place for such details.

28.   Separately, Rexrodt presented a draft law agreed by cabinet this morning that officials hope will cut through the thicket of regulations that discourage investment.

29.   Shaw also helped draft laws affecting the disabled, including a policy that gave them priority in obtaining public housing.

30.   Slovenia hopes to pass a law sometime in the spring, while the Czech government just sent a draft law for its first reading in Parliament.