OMRI DAILY DIGEST
No. 28, 10 February 1997
COMMISSION REPORT ON HUNGARIAN PRIVATIZATION SCANDAL POINTS FINGER
AT
FORMER MINISTER. A report by the parliamentary commission investigating
last fall's privatization scandal says that then-Privatization Minister
Tamas Suchman exerted political pressure on the staff of the State
Privatization and Holding Company (APV) to hire the outside consultant,
Marta Tocsik, who has been in the center of the controversy,
Vilaggazdasag reported on 10 February. Following revelations of an
illegal payment transfer to Tocsik's account by the APV last fall,
Suchman denied any responsibility for hiring Tocsik and gave
contradictory statements on other details as well. The report goes on to
say that the government is guilty for letting the prime minister appoint
the APV's board and chairman. The commission's final report is expected
within two weeks. -- Zsofia Szilagyi
HUNGARY'S FREE DEMOCRATS REELECT CAUCUS LEADER. The parliamentary caucus
of the junior coalition party, the Alliance of Free Democrats, reelected
party chairman Ivan Peto on 9 February as head of the caucus, Hungarian
media reported. Peto was the sole candidate as more than ten others
nominated for the post declined the nomination. Peto offered his
resignation as party chairman after a major privatization scandal
erupted last fall, implicating both coalition parties, but was asked to
stay by the party's executive council. Now, with falling popularity
ratings and continuing discussion over whether the party should quit the
coalition with the Socialists, leadership positions have become quite
unpopular within the Alliance of Free Democrat ranks. -- Zsofia Szilagyi
[As of 12:00 CET]
Compiled by Valentina Huber
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DATE=1997-FEB-07
UNIT=HUF
SOURCE='NAPI Gazdasag, 1997-FEB-08, p.12'
GBP; 280.51; 277.62; 280.30; 282.98; 1; angol (skot,eszakir) font
AUD; 130.84; 129.10; 130.38; 131.66; 1; ausztral dollar
BEF; 501.07; 496.64; 501.79; 506.94; 100; belga (luxemburgi) frank
DKK; 27.10; 26.85; 27.13; 27.41; 1; dan korona
FIM; 34.86; 34.54; 34.89; 35.24; 1; finn marka
FRF; 30.64; 30.41; 30.72; 31.03; 1; francia frank
GRD; 0.00; 65.30; 65.97; 66.64; 100; gorog drachma
NLG; 92.07; 91.22; 92.17; 93.12; 1; holland forint
IEP; 274.72; 272.02; 274.70; 277.38; 1; ir font
JPY; 138.19; 136.68; 138.10; 139.52; 100; japan jen
CAD; 127.10; 125.51; 126.70; 127.89; 1; kanadai dollar
KWD; 567.04; 560.26; 565.59; 570.92; 1; kuvaiti dinar
DEM; 103.40; 102.46; 103.52; 104.58; 1; nemet marka
NOK; 26.37; 26.15; 26.40; 26.65; 1; norveg korona
ITL; 105.26; 104.27; 105.33; 106.39; 1000; olasz lira
ATS; 14.69; 14.56; 14.71; 14.86; 1; osztrak schilling
PTE; 102.96; 102.12; 103.17; 104.22; 100; portugal escudo
ESP; 122.16; 121.22; 122.48; 123.74; 100; spanyol peseta
CHF; 119.66; 118.76; 120.01; 121.26; 1; svajci frank
SEK; 23.15; 22.90; 23.14; 23.38; 1; sved korona
USD; 171.70; 169.67; 171.26; 172.85; 1; USA-dollar
XEU; 201.08; 198.71; 200.75; 202.79; 1; European Currency Unit (ECU)
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