CCCCC AA RRRRR OOOO LL II NN N AA CC AA A RR R OO O LL II NNN N AA A CC AA A RRRRR OO O LL II NN N N AA A CC AAAAAA RR R OO O LL II NN NN AAAAAA CCCCC AA A RR R OOOO LLLLLL II NN N AA A STUDENT'S E-MAIL NEWS FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA School of Social Science of Charles University Smetanovo nabr. 6 110 01 Prague 1 C.S.F.R. e-mail address: CAROLINA@CSEARN.BITNET *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* C A R O L I N A No 18, Friday, March 13, 1992. THE EVENTS OF THE LAST WEEK /from March 4-11/ Vaclav Havel in BBC Last issue of Carolina brought up a telephone number to put the question to President Havel who was a guest of BBC abroad broadcasting on March,8. The questions of listeners from Japan, USA and also from Moravia and the President's answers broadcasted radio station Ceskoslovensko too. Its broadcasting lasted one hour. We chose one question: Could be the materials from former Secret police accessed by public? The Federal Assembly ask the Government of CSFR to take meaures to enable each Czechoslovakian citizen to look at the materials of former secret police dealing with him. This conclusion was accepted by the members of the Parliament on March 4. The report from the Commission for 17 November events' investigations was presented at the same day. Parents' benefit increased for 1200 KCS per month The members of the Parliament passed the increase of the parents' benefit for 1200 Kcs per month. The benefit will get mother or father taking care whole day of child untill 3 years of age or untill 7 if the child is handicapped. The person accepting parents' benefit can also work but his wage can't be more than 1000 Kcs per month. The Government's proposal of the amendement on parents' benefit law was accepted unanimously. Dubcek on the list of candidates of Slovak social democrats Our massmedia published information that the Chairman of the Parliament Alexandr Dubcek accepted an offer to candidate for Social-Democratic Party in Slovakia in the nearest elections. Dubcek, the top representative of reform communists on 1968, has still a big popularity in Slovakia. He represented firstly government party the Public against violence in this election's period. Recently he acts as the independent MP. Elections to the national Parliaments will be on June, 5-6 The elections to the Czech and Slovak National Coucils will take place at the same day as the elections to the Parliament, Federal Assembly. The date of both elections is June, 5-6. Will be an amendement on lustrace law? International Labour Organization- ILO- warned Czechoslovakia that screening law should be cancelled or amended. Lustrace law- according to ILO- breaks the rights of trade unions and dicriminates people according to their political convince. 99 MPs ask the Constitution Court to cancel the lustrace law. 15 pages of law analysis include the facts proving that lustrace law breaks Documents of basic rights and freedem as well as other laws and international obligations joined by Czechoslovakia. The group of MPs- from Civic Movement/OH/, social democratic oreintation, the Party of Democratic Left Wing, Communistic Party of Bohemia and Moravia, Movement for Democrtatic Slovakia, Hungarian Christian-democratic Movement - will be represented by Petr Uhl in court. Petr Uhl is member of Civic Movement and contemporary director of Czechoslovakian press agency. Vaclav Havel as a Witness in Court Vaclav Havel acted as an afflicted witness in the trial with the F. Kincl, former federal Minister of Interior Affairs. Mlada fronta Dnes newspaper wrote that the President was as a witness in court firstly in Czechoslovakian history. Breaking up of the Government Coalition Two movements that won last elections- Civic Forum and Public against violence - were broken up in spring last year. Christian-democratic Movement/KDH/, other coalition party was suffered by break-up this year on March 7 .The coexistence of two contraversial streams endangered the stability of Slovakian Parliament. It was clearly seen in its last session where was not accepted the future concept of our state. The pragmatic wing is represented by Jan Carnogursky-the chairman of KDH and Slovakian prime minister.Seperated minority group that was named Slovakian Christian-democratic Movement/SKDH/ agreed on the coalition untill elections. SKDH will present its own list of the candidates. MY OPINION When we started issuing Carolina, we promised to publish not only news reporting but also commentaries and statmens about political situation in Czechoslovakia. We want to decorate strictly informating pages . We want also to make information more understable in this way. We believe that the expression of the subjective attitude will explain some background. The background is known for home reader but for the reader abroad it could be help for better orientation in our difficult and unlucid political situation. Munchen Agreement Again Most of the time is spent by our politics to solve Czech-Slovakian relationship. The original problem was to find the way of two nation's common living that guarantees their equality. The original problems turned into Hamlet's guestion about common state 's being and non-being. On both sides are more and more defenders of state's divison who prove that the Czech and Slovak approach towards state's concept and economical reform are different. They remind the unsucces of two year's negotiating of the National Parliaments. The core of common agreement that was created il last negotiation in Milovy was refused by the Slovakian Parliament. The Federal Parliament is not able to pass any neccessary constitution law because of the blocade from nationalistic Slovakian parties. The important role plays as well the result of the nearest elections. In Czech republic is right-wing party - Civic Democratic Party/ODS/ enforcin common state and economic reform - expected to win. In Slovakia will probablu win the block of the parties famous with the separatism and left-wing demagogy. The parties insisting on federation get minimal support howewer the majority of Slovaks doesn't wish a divided state. That's why will be more diffucult for the future national representatives to find common languagge. However there are many reasons for the steps towards state's division I'm not follower of a such solution. One thing is accoridng to my opinion more important than all objective political and economical conditions. This thing is the character of both nations. The Czech character is typical of Munchen-behaviour. Hitler made the England and France ,under threat of a war, to agree that Czechoslovakian border areas will became a part of Great German Empiror in Munchen conference in September 1938. Czechoslovakia accepted the Munchen agreement after short hesitating because the result of the war with Germany could be the death of a half of nation. Giving of the border area to Germany was followed by supression and loss of selfconfidence and national proudness. The German army occupied the rest of Czech territory in March 1939. Since that time the munchen syndrom is implemented in Czech history. The surrenders' spirit starts lead the society in most important moments in our history. People are not able to bear personal responsibility for common interest and they became very easily a aprt of organized violence because of their internal uncertainty and self-doubting feelings. It was shown after succesfull communistic coup in February 1948 and after Soviet invasion in August 1968. I'm afraid that occasional break-up of commont state will be interpteted as other Munchen. Munchen-behaviour will not allow to us to find the balance in a new situation. I'm not sure if our unstabil democrasy will survive so strong shock. I'm afraide to presay what will be founded from the social frustration. Probably a lot of personalities who created a new leadership after November revolution and who still are guarenteers of the democratic development , would step down. I don't want to draw catastrophical visions but I think we can keep the democrasy only under condition of maintaining the common state. Vaclav Havel has the same opinion. In my opinion the possibility of common agreement stil exists because the nationalism can't be long-lasting. The matter is to come over the period of unstability that is characteristic for all post-communistic regions. Jakub Camrda THE CULTURAL SERVICE Remember the future Documentary film-Literal Profile of Prague- was presented in Prague's Goethe Institut in March 3. President Havel took part in the presentation as well. One-hour lasting montage made by students of the Faculty of Arts in 1969 shows Czech writers in a year zero. From spring 1969 the human and artist fates of writers and poets started being different. Hrabal, Otcenasek, Drda, Jungmann, Kainar, Hirsal, Holan, Kolar, Vyskocil,Prochazka, Havel. Socialistic realism, absurd drama, experimental poetry. Official writers in Dobris castle, unofficial in pub at Gold Tiger and poetic wine pub Viola. Discussions in faculties at the time of first students' strike and desire after defeat of USSR in ice hokkey world cup. The movie had a strange fate. Originally it had to be a part of cycle "Literal Profiles of European Big Cities" planned by German literal coloquiem. But it was srceened at the time of full normalization. The material was smugglled via Finland to Germany where was broadcasted by television in autumn 1969. Commentary was written by Walter Hollerer, the proffessor of literla comparistic form Berlin. He presented the movie in Prague. It was the first and maybe last presentation in Czechoslovakia if our television will not be interested. The involved in 1969 personalities meet themselves in the movie. And they know the end of their story. Club Delta We introduce the clubs for people young not only according to their age Club Delta was founded in 1987 by Eva Merickova . It is a part of local house on Prague 6 now. The director of the club Zuzana Jachymova said that not only known groups but also starting ones are playing here. Besides perfomances the exhibition are held. Mostly young painters show their works in month's cycles. There is cinema too and from October 1991 started very attractive cinema club. Theatre-North American Theatre playing in English- is also part of Club Delta. Morning's perfomances are devoted to secondary-school students that can practise their English there without any fear. The English is said to be understable here. The Delta Club includes the centre of courses-languagge, musical and body moving . The fairs "Teplice in Prague" and "Gathering of the poets" are very interesting too. Only for some of the club's programmes are the tickets sold out. The visitors' problem know other clubs out of the Prague's center as well. Comedian in Vinohrady theatre Two worlds of Archie Ric- the world of a leaving music-hall and the world of Archie family's breaking up. These two worlds met each other in play written by English play writer John Osborn. The play is named "Comedian" , the main role and title face of comedian Archie plays Jaromir Hanzlik. The perfomance is directed by Jaroslav Dudek. Jaromir Hanzlik follows the tradition of sir Laurenc Olivier-he firstly played Archie- and Ladislav Pesek-first Czech actor playing Archie. We Ask for Help Bohumil/Bob/ Krcil is known especially abroad as photographer and editor of exil literature. He was born in Prostejov and left our country in 1969. Today he lives in Manhattan. He completed the book "Czech photography in exile" in New York that was issued now in the occasion of his exhibition in Czechoslovakia. Since last year is Bob ill with cancer. He is depended on his mother living in Czechoslovakia. Respekt magazin challenged everybody to send him financial support or letter. 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