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military policy.) Dntil tbere is a substantial change in our country's geopolitical situation, tbere obviously vili be sucb aubjects. Bút actually it is nőt a function of censorsbip to protect tbem. Censorship must be ba6ed on knovn, predictable and accountable criteria. Tbe bashful omission to enact a Censorsbip Lav really aupports arbitrary and uncontrollable restriction, leaving vulnerable tbe autbors and editorial staffs. Tbe manner of exercising cenaorship must be defined.- It is desirable that censorship be judicial, after publication. In the case of nevspapers and publishing bouses founded by organirations vith public-lav status, tbere is nothing against such regulation. After all, censorship in this case vould merely supplement the guaranties that the document creating tbe nevspaper or publishing house, and tbe functioning of the board of supervisorB provide.- In the case of nevspapers or publishing businesses ovned by civil-lav associations or individuals, tbe solution of censorsbip before publication could alsó come intő consideration, provided: (1) censorsbip is exercised by the designated authority; (2) the censor may invoke only the prohibitions contained in a Censorship Lav; and (3) judicial reviev of his decision is alloved.- Over and above tbe implementation of the Censorship Lav, there could be political control of the press only in the case of the mass média. The relative justification of such political control stems from the fact tbat the Censorship Lav vould nőt be able to follov flexibly the continual changes in the country's external environment. The lav vould either be too rigid and prohibit too much; or it vould have to be supplemented by changing instructions fór tbe mass média, vhich are sensitive from the vievpoint of foreign policy. The Press Lav enacted in 1986 says nothing about all thiB, although it is common knovledge that political control of the press is the principal tool fór regulating openness. Such control should be given statutory form, bút should be restricted to the srea vhere it Í6 unavoidable fór the time being. It must nőt exceed mattéra over vhich the Lav on the Party grants the Central Committee executive povers. In cases of dispute, the editorial staffs should have recourse to the courts.- It vili be expedient to assign political control of the press exclusively to the party organ concerned. InvoÍving the Government Information Office in political control of the press vould only make interference more confusing, and accountability more difficult. The task of the Government Information Office should be merely to provide official information, and nőt to exercise censorship.- It vili be varranted to let the Information Committee of the National Assembly oversee political control of the press. When a controversial issue falls alsó vithin the competence of tbe National Assembly, the Information Committee should have vető pover over the party's bán. (Fór example, the question of vhetber or nőt the pre6E may dvell on the advisability of Hungárián participation in the Tamburg investment project falls vithin the competence of the party, because Hungarian-Soviet relations are directly *
