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The administration of the breakaway Transnistrian enclave in eastern Moldova has revealed, on its official press Website, its own vision of a future federation with Moldova. Tiraspol, says the document, regards the federal union between Moldova and Transnistria as a marriage of "two independent states," in which a relatively weak centre would handle international affairs, which "sovereign components" would deal with the rest of businesses.
The centre would take care of businesses that cannot be run by any of the sides independently.
The legislatures in Chisinau and Tiraspol would have to sign "a constitutional act," which would enshrine the sovereignty of each sides in a state named "The Federation of Moldova and Transnistria." The future federation would adopt a new flag, coat of arms and anthem, the document placed on the Olvia-Press page reads.
The federal parliament would be made up of two chambers, with the upper chamber bringing together representatives of the Moldovan parliament and the Transnistrian supreme soviet. Decisions of the upper chamber would not be valid unless approved by the two legislatures "independently and separately."
Transnistria proposes to elect a federal president in a nationwide popular ballot and to leave the common government to exercise powers within federal competences exclusively. It also considers that both parties must be allowed to withdraw from the federation and join any other state, if any of the partners decides to change its international status, or "violates the constitutional arrangements, or the sovereign rights of the other."
Before a full demilitarisation of the future federation, the armed forces of Chisinau and Tiraspol would exist in parallel under a common military doctrine. The demilitarised federation would be protected by guarantor states and international organisations - which "will intervene any time necessary to ensure provisions of multilateral agreements."
The federal state would guarantee a "free circuit of goods, capital and services" inside the country, while each of the sides would maintain its own financial and fiscal systems.
There were no immediate comments to the Transnistrian document from Moldovan officials.
The Moldovan authorities had earlier said more than once that nothing but an asymmetric federalisation with Transnistria is acceptable, with a strong centre and limited powers for Tiraspol.

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