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Revue de Presse-Press Review-Berhevoka Çapê-Rivista Stampa-Dentro de la Prensa-Baszn Özeti
given ~he first place on the agenda. said "agreement has been reached within the
At the end of the meeting, Erbakan' s coali- ~overnment regarding the threat of extremtion
partner, Troe Path Party (DYP) leader Ism, and that no concession should be made
Tansu Çiller said, in brief, "We are in agree- to extremism." Defense Minister Turban
ment with the prime minister. The relevant Tayan also said the requirements of the MGK
ministers have been assigned tasks. They will decisions would be fulfilled. He stressed that
Ankara- TDN Parliament Bureau use their powers. It was not this government the decision had been made to put the mead
which caused the adoption of the MGK deci- sures into practice immediately. Education
• The government discusse on sions. These measures will be treated with Minister Mehmet Saglarn said agreement had
Thursday the steps sought by the strictness. No one should doubt that. Let no been reached to introduce eight-year manda-
National Security Council (MGK) one speculate anymore." tory education, but refrained from giving
against funda~entalist,~ove- Speaking on behalf of the government, detailed information on this subject.
ments, an~ d~clde~ to formulate State Minister Lütfü Esengün stressed that the He did not specifY whether this will be a
measures mIme with the MGK government was strictly determined to fight system under which the junior part of the
decisions." At the end of the "extremism." "From now on responsibility clerical schools would be incorporated into
meeting a government spokesman belongs to the govemment," he said. 'The regular elementary schools, or a system under
announced that the .government MGK has fulfilIed its constitutional duty and which there will be a five-year elementary
was strictly determmed to fight relayçd its recommendations to the govern- school education plus three years of secthe
threat of "religious extrem- ment. ondary clerical education for thestudents of
ism," obviously muu.:ating that The Constitution holds the government imam-training schools, as the RP wants.
the two coalition partners have responsible for the safety of the country. Saglarn merely said, 'The decisions taken at
managed to overcome their dis- From now on it is the government's responsi- the 5th National Education Council will be
pute on this issue. bility." implemented." The council had recommend-
The Cabinet meeting, which Esengun said the government would fol- ed "eight-year mandatory education" for chillasted
nearly four hours, were low up carefully the work on these meas~res. dren.
almost solely devoted to the ''The ministers concerned will start working .. Transport and Communications Minister
MliK issue. Prior to the meetmg, with alacrity," he said." They will determine Omer Barutçu said the ministers for educa-
Prime Minister Necmettin and put into prac:tice the m~asures to be !aken tion and the interior, Mehmet Saglam and
Erbakan said that in line with the in the short ron, 10 the medIUm ron, and 10 .the Meral Ak~ner, along with Nevzat Brean,
relevant constitutional provisions, long ron. The legal arnend~ents needed Will state minister responsible for religious affairs,
the MGK decisions would be be quickly presented to Parl~arnent. If new had been entrusted with the task of implelaws
are needed these too wllI be passed menting the relevant decisions. Significantly,
quickly." all three ministers are from the DYP wing of
Meanwhile, Industry Ministry Yahm Erez the coalition.
Irak: aide d'urgence
de la Croix. Rouge
La Fédération internationale de la Croix-
Rouge a annoncé hier l'octroi cj.'uneaide
d'urgence de 10millions de dollars (environ
57 millions de francs) en vivres et médicaments
à Bagdad. Lesretards dans l'application
de l'accord «pétrole contre
nourriture»;prt"lilk!, .. :,'~,[!ün :,ignee
avec l'ONU à l'embargo imposé à l'Irak
depuis 1990,ont entraîné une sévère malnutrition
pour 50 000 enfants irakiens, estime
la Croix-Rouge .
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