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Opposition Roundtable Negotiations in Hungary 29 August 1989

Ellenzéki Kerekasztal tárgyalások EKA 1989. augusztus 29.

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Venue: Meeting room No. 55 of the Parliament. Participants: Csaba Varga rotating president Hungarian People's Party, József Antall Hungarian Democratic Forum, Imre Boross Independent Smallholders' Party, László Bruszt Democratic League of Independent Trade Unions, István Domonkos Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Endre Friendship Society, Tibor Füzessy Christian Democratic People's Party, István Gaskó Social Democratic Party of Hungary, Elemér Hankiss Democratic League of Independent Trade Unions,Miklós Haraszti Alliance of Free Democrats, Balázs Horváth Hungarian Democratic Forum, Sándor Keresztes Christian Democratic People's Party, János Kis Alliance of Free Democrats, Viktor Orbán Alliance of Young Democrats, Iván Pető Alliance of Free Democrats, László Salamon Hungarian Democratic Forum, György Szabad Hungarian Democratic Forum, Iván Timkó Hungarian Democratic Forum, József Torgyán Independent Smallholders' Party, Péter Tölgyessy Alliance of Free Democrats, Károly Vigh Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Endre Friendship Society, László Vitézy Democratic League of Independent Trade Unions, Zsolt Zétényi Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Endre Friendship Society. Associates: Mária Turi, Éva Vargáné Csorba. Issues discussed at the meeting: lessons learnt following participation of Opposition Roundtable delegation in mid-level political negotiations, discussion of technical procedures to be followed, way of appointing head of delegation. Preparations for next day mid-level talks: outstanding questions of subcommittee I/2: organization of parties at the workplace, dissolution of workplace party organizations, deadline for exit; outstanding questions of subcommittee I/1: presence of notion of socialism in the text of the constitution; defining the notion of emergency situations; legislation on declaring emergency situation; issues concerning the creation of the institution of the president of the republic, procedure and time of the presidential election; seeking compromise solutions to sustain the unity of Opposition Roundtable.