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 30.1, Monday, June 8, 1992. Election has finished - what else ? On June 6, 2 p.m., the second free elections in Czechoslovakia finished. It was predicted these election would show especially two main matters. Whether to continue with the economic reform and whether to stay in a common state of Czechs and Slovaks. The votes were divided like this: (In per cents, chairs in brackets) Czech republic House of House of Czech National Representatives Nations Council ODS (Civic Democratic Party) 33.9 (20) 33.43 (19) 29.73 (17) CSSD (Social Democrats) 7.67 (9) 6.8 (11) 6.53 (9) LB (Communists) 14.27 (12) 14.48 (13) 14.05 (11) LSU (Liberal-Social Union) 5.84 (7) 6.06 (5) 6.52 (8) ODA (Civic Democratic Aliance) 4.98 (6) 4.08 (5) 5.93 (6) SPR-RSC (Republican Party) 6.48 (4) 6.37 (4) 5.98 (4) SMS (Moravian National Party) 4.23 (4) 4.90 (5) 5.87 (6) KDU (Christian Democratic 5.98 (6) 6.08 (6) 6.28 (8) Union) Slovak Republic House of House of Slovak National Representatives Nations Council HZDS (Movement for Demo- 33.53 (27) 33.85 (28) 37.26 (28) cratic Slovakia) SDL (Left-wing Democratic 14.44 (13) 14.04 (11) 14.70 (13) Party) KDH (Christian Democratic 8.96 (9) 8.81 (8) 8.88 (9) Movement) SDS (Social Democrats) 4.86 (6) 6.09 (5) 4.0 (5) SNS (Slovak National Party) 9.39 (9) 9.35 (12) 7.93 (12) M-E-M (Coalition of Hungarian 7.37 (4) 7.39 (5) 7.42 (4) parties) The situation is quite complicated. While in Bohemia, the right wing oriented ODS won, in Slovakia the situation is absolutely different. The only right wing party there is KDH. Creating the federal coalition will be very difficult, especially if HZDS does not give up its nationalist demands. After the elections issues were announced, President Vaclav Havel asked Vaclav Klaus, the chairman of ODS, to create the new federal government. Vladimir Meciar, chairman of HZDS, the most succesful party in Slovakia, said that the chances of Vaclav Havel for his re-election are minimal. Petr Pithart, former Czech premier and member of unsuccesful Civic Movement said that in Central Europe disidents are returning back from the governments. Jiri Dientsbier , former minister of foreign affairs, member of the same movement said, that after the elections, in parliaments there will be a serious lack of central parties. People will be surprised, he said, how serious changes in all governments they caused by their choice. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This news may be published only with "CAROLINA" designation. To subscribe Carolina please send the e-mail message with subject "Carolina/Eng: Subscription" for the english version (and "Carolina/Cs: Subscription" for the czech version) on our e-mail address above. To drop sending you replace the word Subscription" by "Unsubscription". The subscription is free. Comments and remarks are appreciated.