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OMRI DAILY DIGEST
No. 194, 7 October 1996

SLOVAK HUNGARIANS COMPLAIN TO EU, NATO. More than 500 ethnic Hungarians
gathered on 5 October in Komarno, where they were acquainted with an
open letter to EU and NATO countries signed by their top political and
cultural representatives, Slovak media reported. Titled "Democracy is
Endangered," the protest focused not only on the situation of minorities
but also on more general trends. The letter pointed to what they
considered the Slovak government's moves to restrict democracy,
jeopardize regional security, centralize state power, and nationalize
culture. In particular, the statement criticized the language law, the
laws on foundations and universities, the situation of minority
education, the country's new administrative division, and the recently
approved law on parliamentary negotiation order that bars Hungarian
deputies from addressing the parliament in their mother tongue. --
Sharon Fisher

HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT SACKS MINISTER AND PRIVATIZATION AGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
The Hungarian government on 4 October sacked the entire board of the
State Privatization and Holding Co. (APV), after revelations that the
APV had made irregular payments to a consultant who negotiated with
municipalities on APV's behalf, Hungarian dailies reported on 7 October.
The cabinet ordered the consultant, Marta Tocsik, to repay the more than
800 million forint ($5.1 million) "success fee" to the treasury within
15 days. Prime Minister Gyula Horn wanted to spare Industry and Trade
Minister Tamas Suchman, but upon pressure from both the Socialists and
the junior coalition party Alliance of Free Democrats, he called upon
Suchman to resign on 7 October. Suchman has been in charge of
privatization since January 1995 and was named industry and trade
minister only last month. Parallel with his nomination, supervision of
the privatization process was put under the Industry and Trade Ministry.
-- Zsofia Szilagyi

THOUSANDS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST GOVERNMENT AUSTERITY MEASURES IN
BUDAPEST.
Concurrent with the increasing privatization scandal, the opposition
Hungarian Democratic Forum on 5 October staged a demonstration outside
parliament, protesting the government's austerity program, Hungarian
media reported on 7 October. Vice President and former Prime Minister
Peter Boross sharply criticized government policies, especially those on
health care and pension reform. The estimated 15,000 strong crowd called
for the re-establishment of social welfare payments, a return to three-
year maternity leaves, and the elimination of a 2,000 forint ($20)
monthly fee for university education. -- Zsofia Szilagyi

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