Committee members agreed to prepare final drafts of the first two bills for a final reading in parliament by the end of the year, but asked for more time to work on bankruptcy legislation and on the draft of a new civil code.
Parliament, elected in March in a vote which foreign observers criticized as fraudulent, has proved to be vocal in its opposition to key elements of Dudayev's reforms, surprising those who had expected it to be a docile rubber stamp for government policies.
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