RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol 2, No. 61, 30 March 1998
SLOVAK HUNGARIANS TO RUN ON UNITED LIST? The three
main parties that represent the Hungarian minority in Slovakia are
considering joining forces ahead of the September elections, AFP reported
on 28 March. The Federate Hungarian Party would include the present
Movement of Hungarian Christian-Democrats, the Egyutteles movement,
and the Hungarian Civic Party. If the three parties run as a united formation,
rather than as a coalition of parties, they would need to pass a five percent
threshold rather than a 15 percent one ( five percent for each member of the
alliance). Such thresholds are envisaged in the amended election law that
has already passed in the first reading in the parliament. MS
HUNGARIAN OPPOSITION PARTY COMPLETES NATIONAL
LIST. Tamas Sepsey, the chairman of the Hungarian Democratic Forum's
(MDF) national board, announced on 28 March that the party has finalized
its national list for the May general elections. The list is headed by party
chairman Sandor Lezsak. The MDF board has also amended the statutes of
the party to allow the inclusion of Imre Pozsgay, a leading member of
Hungary's former communist party, on the MDF's national list. MSZ
LIBERALS APPROVE DEMAND FOR CIORBEA'S REPLACEMENT.
A PNL congress on 28 March approved the resolution adopted by the party's
bureau demanding that the cabinet be replaced before the budget is submitted
to the parliament. The congress also approved the merger of the PNL with
the Party of Civic Alliance (PAC) and elected former PAC chairman Nicolae
Manolescu as chairman of the PNL National Council. The following day,
the Democratic Party welcomed the PNL's decision, and the Hungarian
Democratic Federation of Romania's Executive Council said coalition members
must begin negotiations on forming a new cabinet immediately rather than
waiting for the passage of the 1998 budget. MS
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