Reno must find counsel
for fund-raising drives
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Saying their persistent demands
for a special investigation had
been vindicated, senior
Republicans on Sunday insisted
that Attorney General Janet Reno
must now seek appointment of an
independent counsel to look into
White House fund-raising activi
ties.
“I honestly think she has no
other choice,” said House
Judiciary Committee Chairman
Henry Hyde, R-Ill. “There is suffi
cient and credible evidence” for
her to ask a panel of federal judges
to appoint an independent coun
sel, added Senate Judiciary
Committee Chairman Orrin
Hatch, R-Utah. “She could do that
tomorrow.”
On Saturday the Justice
Department revealed it has opened
a 30-day review of President
Clinton’s involvement in cam
paign money-raising irregularities
during the 1996 presidential cam
paign. During that time, Reno
must decide whether to launch a
more extensive 90-day review that
could lead to her petitioning the
court for appointment of a special
prosecutor.
Notwithstanding, a number of
questionable fund-raising prac
tices being pursued by congres
sional investigators - and already
under review by a Justice
Department task force - a federal
law enforcement source speaking
on condition of anonymity said the
specific 30-day review period dis
closed over the weekend is limited
to whether Clinton made fund
raising phone calls from the West
Wing of the White House, and
whether those solicitations violate
a law.
“We suggested she should
have done that seven months ago,”
Hatch said on NBC’s “Meet the
Press.” “She ought to get the bur
den off her back.”
Republicans have been press
ing Reno to invoke the
Independent Counsel Act, which
comes into effect when senior
members of an administration are
suspected of legal violations.
Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss.,
said on CBS’ “Face the Nation”
that “the Attorney General should
resign” to take responsibility for
delays in the investigation.
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) —
Leaders of a reborn Solidarity
claimed a surprise victory over the
governing ex-communists in parlia
mentary elections Sunday, the first
step toward controlling the govern
ment after four year’s in opposition.
In one of the most dramatic polit
ical recoveries in the former Soviet
bloc, the group of parties tracing its
roots to the trade union that ousted
the communists in 1989 won at least
33 percent of the vote, according to
exit polls for Polish television. A sep
arate poll for the newspaper
Rzeczpospolita gave Solidarity 34
percent.
The governing Democratic
Leftist Alliance, the former commu
nists, trailed with 27 percent in both
the television and newspaper polls.
The polls, which fluctuated marginal
ly throughout the night, indicated a
voter turnout of about 59 percent.
The voting edge would not give
Solidarity an outright majority in the
460-seat Sejm, but should allow it
first chance to form a coalition with
allied parties. On the eve of the elec
tions, most opinion polls and the par
ties themselves had predicted a neck
and-neck finish.
If Solidarity manages to forge a
parliamentary coalition, it would
share power with President
Aleksander Kwasniewski, the former
communist who defeated Solidarity
founder Lech Walesa as president in a
tight election two years ago.
The cohabitation is not likely to
be as contentious as previous periods
in Polish politics. Despite controver
«——
Id like to thank all those who voted for
Solidarity. Id like to thank all those who
love Poland, who love truth ...”
Marian Krzaklewski
Solidarity leader
sy over issues like transfer of state
owned industry to private hands, both
major blocs applaud NATO’s deci
sion to extend membership to Poland,
and both want to see Poland join the
European Union.
Final elections results were not
expected until Wednesday.
But announcement of the exit
polls, shortly after balloting ended in
the late evening, sparked a celebra
tion at Solidarity headquarters in
Warsaw.
“I’d like to thank all those who
voted for Solidarity. I’d like to thank
all those who love Poland, who love
truth, who love Solidarity,” said
Marian Krzaklewski, who succeeded
Walesa as leader of the bloc.
“If this victory is officially con
firmed, we will correct all the mis
takes that have been made so far,”
Krzaklewski said, promising to trans
fer much of the central government’s
power to local authorities.
Krzaklewski shook the hand of
Walesa, who received an ovation
from several hundred Solidarity sup
porters in the domed portrait gallery
where Solidarity set up its headquar
ters.
“This time, we’ll treat the victory
as an obligation to carry out the poli
cies that the nation asked us to,”
Walesa said.
Some Solidarity supporters
chanted “Down with the
Communists.”
But the mood of the leaders was
subdued, and they decided not to
uncork a bottle of sparkling wine that
was on hand, apparently hoping to
avoid jinxing the results.
Solidarity lost its parliamentary
majority in 1993, largely because of
voter dissatisfaction over quarreling
among its leaders, and hardships
stemming from its “shock therapy”
economic reforms.
Solidarity’s most likely coalition
partner was the Freedom Union, led
by former Finance Minister Leszek
Balcerowicz, author of the shock
therapy. Balcerowicz’s union won 15
percent of the vote Sunday according
to the TV poll, and 14 percent accord
ing to the newspaper poll, carried out
by the independent PBS agency. Both
polls claimed a margin of error of one
percentage point.
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