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 | | Tomasz Karwowski, a parliamentary deputy from the right-wing Confederation for an Independent Poland-Homeland (KPN-O), lodged an appeal on 19 May against the decision of the lustration prosecutor not to launch lustration proceedings against Polish Premier Jerzy Buzek (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 6 and 12 May). |
 | | Buzek's spokesman Krzysztof Luft called Karwowski's action a "kind of madness." Andrzej Potocki-- spokesman of the Freedom Union, a member of the ruling coalition --said that by accusing the premier of collaboration with communist-era secret services, the KPN-O is seeking "to destabilize Poland [and] to overthrow the government." JM |
 | | Czech President Vaclav Havel has fallen ill with a viral chest infection, Czech media reported on 19 May. Havel's doctor, Ilja Kotik, said the president's temperature rose to 37.7 degrees Celsius on 18 May but receded the next day. |
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