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| Draft law asks Romanians to spy on each other |
June 5, 2003
Yahoo! News
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Posted by HW on April 19, 2024
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Outrage
A draft law that would require people to declare all visitors to homes to the government and would encourage neighbors to spy on each other has provoked outrage in Romania.
Notifying officials
The proposed law would require Romanians to notify an official in writing if they wish to invite a friend or relative to their home and would encourage neighbors to let the authorities know about any such visits.
"Maintenance costs"
The government says the law is designed to help pay for building maintenance costs -- any visitor staying for more than two weeks would be required to pay a contribution towards maintenance expenses.
Country of informers
But opposition groups and the media have accused the social democrat government of seeking to turn Romanians into a a country of informers.
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Violation of privacy
The Evenimentul Zilei newspaper said this week that the measure would constitute a fundamental violation of privacy and was "worse than under the communist regime".
EU
Liberal member of parliament Mona Musca said: "The government says it wants to join the European Union but it seeks laws aiming to transform Romania into a country of informers".
Communist mentality
Democrat deputy Emil Boc charged that the draft law betrayed the communist mentality of the government. |
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