The announcements came during the President's state of the nation address before Congress.

Some political experts said the attorney general was trying to hurry things before a state-of-the nation address by President Wahid next week.

Mr. Yeltsin announced a crackdown on crime last year, and then repeated himself in last month's state of the nation address.

Government measures to halt the demographic crisis was a key subject of Vladimir Putin's 2006 state of the nation address.

This is not considered a State of the Nation Address because the Constitution, at the time, did not provide for one.

In his state of the nation address this year, he devoted only two sentences to the epidemic that is ravaging his nation.

In his state of the nation address, the President highlighted his vision for Mindanao:

At that time, President Abdurrahman Wahid must present the legislature with an annual state of the nation address.

Mr. Yeltsin could announce the plan as early as Friday, when he delivers a "state of the nation" address.

At her 2005 State of the Nation Address, she claimed "The system clearly needs fundamental change, and the sooner the better.