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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 2, No. 128, 7 July 1998

NEW HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER SWORN IN. By a vote of 222 to
119 with eight abstentions, the parliament on 6 July
approved the new coalition cabinet's program and elected
Viktor Orban, chairman of the Federation of Young Democrats-
Hungarian Civic Party, as prime minister. Orban acknowledged
that the implementation of the government's program may
require more time than initially planned. MSZ

NO INFORMERS IN ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT, DEFENSE COUNCIL. Prime
Minister Radu Vasile on 6 July said all ministers have
submitted written declarations saying that they had no links
with the former Securitate. The only exception is Finance
Minister Daniel Daianu, who admitted a few years ago to have
worked for the Securitate's Foreign Intelligence
Directorate, from which he resigned. President Emil
Constantinescu on the same day said the investigation
requested by the Supreme Defense Council shows none of its
members worked for the former secret police. In other news,
the Hungarian Democratic Federation of Romania on 3 July
elected Senator Hajdu Gabor to replace Francis Baranyi as
health minister. Premier Vasile has approved Gabor's
appointment. Baranyi resigned after admitting he was forced
to sign a pledge to act as a Securitate informer. He
stressed, however, that he never informed on anyone. MS

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