Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 2, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba It u 16 Winnipeg free january Romania abolishes death penalty Bucharest a Romanias new government abolished the death penalty and reestablished private ownership of land Asro maniacs celebrated their first non communist new years Day in More than four interim president Ion Iliescu promised political pluralism and a Shorter work week and suspended wasteful construction projects in Progress under toppled dictator Nicolae he also was re ported to have abolished Ceausescu hated secret romanian radio reported no Inci dents of sniper fire or clashes be tween the army and diehard secret police Loyal to indicating a return to peace after two weeks of unrest that claimed thousands of in Iliescu new years carried by the official news Agency he announced the end to capital saying Ceausescu and his were the last persons that deserved this the Ceausescu were found guilty of genocide during their 24year and were executed on Iliescu also reestablished the of photo bulgarian Leader heralds democracy in new year romanian soldiers celebrate new years with cake and toasts now that fighting is right to own private with Farmers again permitted to own about two hectares of land surround ing their he said Farmers could lease More with its yield also sold on the private in the the state was the Only he said the work week would be reduced to five Days from and he reiterated the governments commitment to introducing multiparty democracy after More than four decades of communist Iliescu interim governing Council of the National salvation front also signed a decree yesterday Guaran teeing the right to repatriation of romanian citizens living age pres the news Agency said the decree gave former exiles priority in buying housing with hard currency and Al Lowed them to bring Home goods bought abroad without paying Iliescu also formally announced the abolition of the secret said the East German news Agency adn and the yugoslav Agency hundreds of armed special police were still believed at Large yester despite orders last week by the provisional government to surrender themselves and their the announced dismantling of be Curi Tate was preceded by the detention of the Agency former Lulian thousands of czech convicts get amnesty Havel moral pollution Prague Reuter Czechoslovakia new Vaclav a playwright who spent five years in jail As a announced an amnesty yesterday that could cover up to prisoners roughly three quarters of the coun try prison he said in an announcement read on television that he would free All prisoners facing or serving sentences of up to two years for crimes committed deliberately and prison ers with terms of three years for crimes committed out of neg i those with longer sentences would have up to a third remitted for crimes committed and up to half for crimes committed out of exceptions were people charged with abuse of Public including former communist and a number of criminal offences such As armed robbery and dozens of political prisoners have already been released under an am Nesty granted As one of the last acts of former president Gustav Husak after huge pro democracy protests and the fall of communist hard Petr a member of a govern ment committee set up last week to investigate prison Esti mated the total number of people in jail in Czechoslovakia at around 000 and said up to three quarters would be eligible for Havel was jailed for his civil rights As were several other leading a dissidents who now Are members of the new govern which took Over after the communist party lost its monopoly on Power last in a new years message prior to the amnesty Havel pledged to lift the country from a mire of political hypocrisy and ensure it would never again be subservient to another he called on Czechoslovakia to rediscover its Sel Confidence and help Europe restore the concept of morality in the worst thing is that we live in a contaminated moral environment because we became used to saying something different from what we Havel we became used to the totalitarian system and thus helped to perpetuate Havel said he Hopes to renew diplomatic relations with the Vati can and with Israel before a general election planned for Sofia Reuter Bulgaria communist hoping to steer the country toward peaceful pledged yesterday that bulgarians would taste the fruits of Freedom this Petar the reformist communist party said in a televised new years Day speech that 1990 will be a year of demo cratic election let our whole society learn the alphabet of who replaced disgraced former Leader Todor Zsivkov in a purge in appealed to bulgarians to respect the the communist having pledged to abandon its monopoly on Power in response to popular de was expected to hold preliminary talks with opposition groups today on ways to Speed up democratic opposition spokesman Petko Simeonov said the meetings would seek the liquidation of the Monopo lies of the bulgarian communist party in All sectors of anxious to remain in Power until a free election due in has tried to win popular sup port through a vigorous economic Reform plan and by promises to Correct the injustices of 35 years of corrupt Rule under but the Moscow educated Mladen tvs 18 years of Loyal service to Zsivkov is viewed with mistrust by the opposition coalition that has gained strength since he took the Union of democratic an umbrella organization for the nine Independent has kept its cards close to its Chest ahead of the the groups include the Environ mentalist group the unofficial Trade Union pod Krepa support and the committee for the Protection of religious the which has almost Dou bled its membership to in the last has emerged As the leading opposition Force after it called strikes and demonstrations which hastened the communists decision to relinquish the communist dominated National Assembly is due to meet 30 to formally endorse that decision by repealing two clauses in the Constitution that guaranteed the communists an unchallenged leading role in politics for More than 40 Simeonov said the election should be delayed to give the opposition time to strengthen its position among the Rural population in the mainly peasant country of nine Mil lion Albania to stay on Hartline tack Vienna Reuter albanian Leader Ramiz Alia said yesterday the uprisings that have ended communist control in most of Eastern Europe would not affect his the regions last state ruled by a Hartline communist in a new years he said the line followed by Albania communist party has served the country the official albanian news Agency Ata just like yesterday and in the future too we shall pursue it the events that have occurred recently in Eastern Europe have inspired certain known anti albanian forces to resume the Campaign of slanders against our but they cannot succeed in doing us harm we have never allowed and will never allow any body to dictate his Laws and the University of Manitoba 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