WORLD IN BRIEF : CZECHOSLOVAKIA : Broad Coalition Government Named
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
President Vaclav Havel named a new non-Communist coalition government led by Civic Forum. The new government, headed by Prime Minister Marian Calfa, will include Civic Forum, its Slovak sister party Public Against Violence and the Slovak-based Christian Democratic Movement. The coalition with the CDM is seen as a victory for Havel, assuring the government a three-fifths majority needed for economic and constitutional reforms.
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