1988. március (32-68. szám) / HU_BFL_XIV_47_2
j «« mca sarban (§) Editor: György Krassó * 24/D Little Russell Street * London, WC1A 2HN * Tel. 01-430 2126 ({rom abroad 441-430 2126) 53/1988 (E) 15th March, 1988 5 The Democrat*s 12 Point Plán During a house search conducted last veek in Jenő Nagy’s fiat, editor of the ABC independent press, the police confiscated among other things 500 copies of the latest issue of the samizdat periodical Demokrata (The Democrat). Qn the first page there is a 12 point plán with the title "What do we uant?". Today at davn Nagy was arrested in his fiat bút the plán was read out in front of ten thousand demonstrators by the Bem statue in Buda in the aftemoon. The plán is as follows: "What Do We Hant?” I. Reál freedom of press and speech, liberty of conscience, educational freedom, freedom of association and freedom of organisationí II. Parliamentary democracy fór legislative, executive and judicial powers at all levelsí III. Negotiations about the conditions and time-limit of the withdrawal of Russian military forces, taking justifiable self-defence interests of the Soviet Union intő accountí ! IV. Humán and national rights fór Hungarians who live outside our bordersí V. Friendly co-operation with Central-Eastern European nations in the hope of a federation in the futurel VI. Hungárián social, economic and cultural links with the European communityi VII. Equal and stable working conditions fór priváté, co-operative and state enter- prisesí VIII. Trade unions, peasant, artisan, small enterprise and shopkeeper business assoc- iations,artistic and scientific alliances which function democratically and are independent of the statei IX. Conditions of existence which are adequate, state guaranteed subsistence levels fór the poorer stratasl X. Institutional and social action which opposes national, racial and denominational hostilityi XI. The introduction of an altemative service in piacé of obligatory military ^ service and the release of imprisoned conscientious objectorsí XII. Democratic debate about the state environmehtal program®® and the removal of obstacles from autonomous environmentalist activityi We demand in the spirit of 18X8,1918 and 1956 the cultivation of national democratic traditions, the pronouncement of March 15th and the October ann- iversary as red letter days and the drafting of a new republican coat of arms. March 15th 1988, Budapest. THE DEMOCRAT Á9 Subscribers can use or quote the Hungárián October newsletters in totál or in detail as long as the source is acknowlcdged.
