From: dstein@flora.math.ucla.edu (David Stein)
Subject: RFE 215
Organization: UCLA Mathematics Department
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 17:24:38 GMT


                        RFE/RL Daily Report

                                            No.215, 6 November 1992

CZECHS WANT HAVEL FOR PRESIDENT. According to a public opinion poll
published on 5 November, a solid majority of Czechs would like to
see former Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel as the Czech
Republic's first president. The Prague-based Institute for Public
Opinion said that 57% of the Czech Republic's citizens favor
Havel's candidacy. Havel has indicated his willingness to reenter
politics if there is broad support for him. (Jan Obrman, RFE/RL,
Inc.)

DRAFT OF CZECH CONSTITUTION READY. Czech Prime Minister Vaclav
Klaus announced on 5 November that the Czech government has
completed work on a draft constitution for the Czech Republic,
Czechoslovak Television reported. It will be submitted to the Czech
parliament for approval on 10 November.  The draft would create a
bicameral parliament, introducing a Senate in addition to the
existing lower house, the National Council. Members of the Senate
would be elected for six-year terms; Senate elections would
alternate, with one third of its members facing elections every two
years.  It is not clear whether the draft will win the support of
opposition parties which is crucial since Klaus' coalition does not
have the necessary three-fifths majority in the parliament to adopt
constitutional laws. (Jan Obrman, RFE/RL, Inc.)

CAMDESSUS ENCOURAGED BY EAST EUROPEAN ECONOMY.  International
Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Michel Camdessus has said
several countries in Eastern Europe have made encouraging economic
progress, Western media reported. Speaking to bankers in Bonn on 5
November, Camdessus specifically named Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and
Poland. He said recent developments in those countries justified
"cautious optimism" that the sharp drops in output during the past
few years were "possibly at an end." He added that 1993 may see
positive growth in their gross domestic product for the first time
in almost five years. "We are possibly at a turning point," he
said. (Jan Obrman, RFE/RL, Inc.)

ARMS SALES TO SUDAN ILLEGAL, STRASKY SAYS.  Czechoslovak Prime
Minister Jan Strasky said on 5 November that Slovakia was violating
present laws in negotiating the sale of armored personnel carriers
to Sudan, CSTK reported. Sales to sensitive areas, to which Sudan
belongs (its government is believed to support international
terrorism), require federal government approval.  Strasky said that
Slovakia had already shipped one vehicle for testing and that the
Slovak economics ministry has created a commission to handle future
sales. (Jan Obrman, RFE/RL, Inc.)

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