REFERENDUM ON NEW CONSTITUTION TO BE HELD IN TYVA








KYZYL, MARCH 6, 2001. /RIA Novosti correspondent Dina Oyun/ -- A referendum on the draft of a new Constitution of the  Republic of Tyva (South Siberia) within the Russian Federation  will be held on May 6. Such a decision was made on Tuesday by the Supreme Khural (parliament) of the republic. 


	Participants in the referendum will have to answer the only question: "Do you accept the Constitution of the Republic of  Tyva?" The draft fundamental law has already been published in  the local media. 


	Compared with the incumbent Constitution adopted in 1993 the draft lacks a provision on the republic's state sovereignty and  envisages private property on land. The draft also stipulates  the creation of a two-house parliament and annuls the post of the  republic's president.