51.   A special programme to be launched soon, following the imminent amendment of present legislation to create the required legal framework, would speed up the privatization process.

52.   But siding with legal experts who argued the privatization process went against national interests, judge Joao Batista Goncalves left the whole process up in the air.

53.   Political analysts suggest Yilmaz will face parliamentary resistance in the privatization process.

54.   Talks on the privatization process in Congo held in Brazzaville on Tuesday between unions and the Privatization Committee failed, a union source said in late afternoon.

55.   The government did not give a timetable for the privatization process.