WORLD IN BRIEF : CZECHOSLOVAKIA : Last of Old Guard Communists Quits
Frantisek Pitra, the last old guard Communist left in power by Czechoslovakia’s peaceful revolution, resigned as leader of the Czech republic, the official news agency CTK reported. Pitra, 57, is also expected to give up his job as deputy prime minister. CTK did not give the reason for Pitra’s resignation, which came a day after the Communists ended 40 years of dominance in Parliament by giving more than 100 of their seats to pro-democracy groups. The realignment completed an effort to include those groups in Parliament before June 8 elections.
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