OMRI DAILY DIGEST
No. 167, 28 August 1996

OSCE INVITES HUNGARY, ROMANIA TO SIGN BASIC TREATY IN VIENNA. According
to an OSCE press release, Swiss Foreign Minister Flavio Cotti, who is
currently OSCE chairman-in-office, has invited Budapest and Bucharest to
sign the basic Hungarian-Romanian treaty in Vienna--the seat of the
Permanent Council of the OSCE. Cotti welcomed the completion of the
draft treaty, which, he said, was an essential element of stability in
the region. -- Zsofia Szilagyi

HUNGARIAN PRIVATIZATION TO COME UNDER INDUSTRY MINISTRY'S JURIS-DICTION.
Prime Minister Gyula Horn's nomination of Tamas Suchman, minister
without portfolio in charge of privatization, as new industry and trade
minister means that administration of the privatization process and
industry will soon merge, Hungarian media reported. Suchman will replace
outgoing minister Imre Dunai, who resigned two weeks ago, citing health
reasons. Suchman's nomination is likely to be approved by other
government members, since the junior coalition party, the Alliance of
Free Democrats, is in favor of cutting the number of government
ministers. The State Privatization and Holding Co. will be subordinated
to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, while the administration
structures for privatization management will be similar to those under
the previous government. -- Zsofia Szilagyi

BOSNIANS ABROAD START VOTING. Meanwhile, the 641,010 registered voters
living abroad have begun to cast their ballots, international and
regional media reported. Voting is already under way in Hungary and
Turkey, although the SDA charged that the voting in Turkey began too
early. The 220,640 registered refugee voters in Serbia and Montenegro
begin to cast their ballots today, despite the OSCE's ruling that many
of them were registered under fraudulent circumstances. They constitute
the largest single group of Bosnian voters abroad, after those in
Croatia (136,553) and Germany (132,850). -- Patrick Moore

ROMANIAN NATIONALISTS CALL FOR PRESIDENT'S OUSTER. Gheorghe Funar,
leader of the chauvinistic Party of Romanian National Unity, on 27
August called for President Ion Iliescu to be "suspended from office"
for supporting the basic treaty with Hungary, Radio Bucharest reported.
Funar appealed to all political forces to band together to oust Iliescu,
who, he said, has violated the constitution by accepting the inclusion
in the treaty of Council of Europe Recommendation No. 1201 on ethnic
minorities. He also charged Iliescu with "jeopardizing the future of the
Romanian people, of the national unitary state and of its territorial
integrity." Funar described the treaty as a "secret pact" and an act of
"national betrayal." -- Dan Ionescu

[As of 12:00 CET]

Compiled by Jan Cleave

Szabadka,
1996. augusztus 28.

TAMOGATS AGGODALOMMAL

A VMSZ elnoksege az 1996. augusztus 27-en megtartott osszejovetelen =20
megtargyalta a magyarroman alapszerzodessel kapcsolatos fejlemenyeket es =
a =20
kovetkezo kozlemenyt fogadta el:

A VMSZ messzemenoen tamogatja a magyar kormany torekveset, hogy rendezze =
=20
kapcsolatait a szomszedos orszagokkal. A kapcsolatok rendezesenek egyik =20
formajat jelenthetik az alapszerzodesek, amennyiben azok a ket allam =20
erdekei mellett figyelembe veszik az erintett magyar nepcsoportok erdekei=
t =20
is. A VMSZ ugy veli, ha a tervezett alapszerzodes serti a hataron tuli =20
magyarok erdekeit, az nem kerulhet alairasra az anyaorszag kormanya =20
reszerol.

Aggaszt es gondolkodoba ejt bennunket, hogy a magyar kormany a keszulo =20
roman-magyar alapszerzodes ugyeben eltekint az erdelyi magyarsag =20
erdekeitol es velemenyetol. Annal is inkabb nyugtalanit ez bennunket, =20
mivel az RMDSZ reszerol jogosnak tartjuk a kollektiv jogok biztositasara =
=20
es az egyhazi javak visszaszarmaztatasara vonatkozo igenyt.

A VMSZ ugy latja, hogy az alapszerzodes, illetve az Europa tanacs 1201-es=
 =20
ajanlasaihoz fuzott labjegyzet =AD a kollektiv jogokrol es az autonomiaro=
l =20
valo lemondassal =AD nem szolgalja a hataron tuli magyarok erdekeit. =20
Ellenkezoleg, fekezoen hat a magyarsag onszervezodesere, es tavlattalanna=
 =20
teszi a hataron tuli magyar nepcsoportok politikai kuzdelmet.

Kerjuk a magyar kormanyt, hogy a magyar-magyar talalkozon letrejott =20
megallapodas ertelmeben tamogassa a hataron tuli magyarsag =20
autonomiatorekveseit, es ne irjon ala olyan alapszerzodest, amely ezt a =20
politikai szandekot keresztezi es nem segiti elo a hataron tuli magyarok =
=20
helyzetenek javitasat.

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