21.   He said increased government efficiency, an ambitious privatization process and tighter controls on tax evasion would help the government meet revenue targets in the proposal.

22.   He wondered what would happen if the privatization process stopped.

23.   However, allegations of corruption in the privatization process have made them conscious of who used the transition to get rich.

24.   Ingrid Negrete, a spokeswoman at the Energy Secretariat, said this announcement does not imply any further delays in the privatization process.

25.   In urging more direct government control, Premier Victor Ciorbea argues that some agency executives want to exploit their position and profit from the privatization process.

26.   It has introduced transparency at every stages of privatization process.

27.   Kazhegeldin said a longer privatization process will only further increase the debt of bankrupt companies, in turn increasing the amount of investment needed to save them.

28.   Last week, Privatization Minister Wieslaw Kaczmarek said he might consider suspension of the privatization process next year until the pension reform is ready.

29.   Lazarenko attributed investment problems to the incomplete privatization process and the existing, punitive tax laws.

30.   Many Russians have complained that the post-Soviet privatization process gave major state companies away to well-connected businessmen at suspiciously low prices.