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Even some of last week's moves were ambiguous. The mass resignation of the 44-member Cabinet was not so significant as it was dramatic, since the Cabinet had been a rubber stamp. Its dismissal, however, did serve to rid Krenz of Premier Willi Stoph, a Honecker loyalist. The dissolution...
East German authorities have rejected the idea of adopting a complete free-market system and new Premier Hans Modrow, a leading reformer, says he wants "step-by-step" economic changes.
The parliament, known as the People's Chamber, then approved the Communist Party's nomination of Politburo member Hans Modrow to lead a new government as premier. The government traditionally has been subservient to the party.
Krenz said the current Central Committee would meet today to approve holding the congress. Also today, East Germany's Parliament is to meet to name a Cabinet to replace the one that resigned last Tuesday. The reform-minded party chief of Dresden. Hans Modrow, was expected to be named premier...
The committee elevated four new members to thePolitburo, the nation's most powerfuldecision-making body. They included Hans Modrow,the 61-year-old Dresden party chief who is said tobe a leading advocate for democratic reforms and acandidate for the post of premier.