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OMRI DAILY DIGEST
No. 205, 22 October 1996

SLOVAK PARLIAMENTARY CHAIRMAN DEFENDS CONTROVERSIAL LEGISLATION.
Ivan
Gasparovic, speaking on the eve of the new parliamentary session,
defended the controversial Penal Code amendment on the protection of the
republic, Slovak media reported on 22 October. He stressed that Slovakia
is "a small and young state and needs to have certain defense systems
that would prevent ... the implementation of certain measures against
Slovak statehood." The legislation, first approved in March but put
aside following international protests, provides for punishing
individuals who "spread false information" that could damage Slovakia's
interests or who organize public rallies "with the intention of
subverting the country's constitutional system, territorial integrity,
or defense capability." Gasparovic said the amendment has been included
on the parliamentary agenda at the ruling coalition's request. Reuters
quoted him as saying that although he abstained from the vote in March,
"if I had known what would happen later during the [July] Budapest
conference ..., I would have probably pushed the 'yes' button."
Participants at that conference called for autonomy for ethnic
Hungarians in neighboring countries. -- Sharon Fisher

HUNGARIAN PARTIES CLEAN UP THEIR ACT. Concern among Hungarian
politicians about possible conflicts of interest seem to have increased
markedly, Hungarian media reported on 22 October. Ivan Peto, president
of the co-governing Free Democratic Party, has said that his party's
deputies will make their 1994 and 1996 asset statements available to the
public. The senior coalition Socialist Party earlier ordered all
deputies to clarify their business interests but said they could decide
for themselves whether to make that information public. Meanwhile,
Gyorgy Schamschula was expelled from the opposition Smallholders' Party
on 21 October, following a government report that questioned
Schamschula's handling of a 1993 privatization tender when he was
transport minister. Smallholders' President Jozsef Torgyan said the
payment of any type of commission or mediation fee is irreconcilable
with the Smallholders' ideology. -- Ben Slay

HUNGARIAN ECONOMY, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET STOP SHRINKING. The
Statistics Office on 21 October revised upward its estimate for GDP in
the first quarter of 1996, Hungarian dailies reported. Previous
estimates had suggested a decline for that period, but the revised
report shows GDP at the same level as for January-March 1995, suggesting
that the recession associated with the introduction last year of the
stabilization program is over. Meanwhile, Magyar Hirlap reported that
the government's 1997 budget, which has been submitted to the
parliament, calls for increased spending for the central ministries in
real terms. This would be the first such increase since 1989. The
ministries' budgets would increase by an average of 26% over 1996, while
inflation in 1997 is projected at 17-19%. -- Ben Slay


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