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That kind of creative thinking about political forms has become de rigueur as the 20th century draws to a close. When Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev visited Canada on his way to the U.S. last May, reporters asked him if he felt any sympathy for Mulroney's problems with nationalism. He ducked the question with a long answer praising "national honor" but rejecting "negative" forms of "supernationalism." In fact, Gorbachev's troubles -- with at least three of the 15 Soviet republics bent on full independence and most others demanding sovereignty -- are far more severe than the Canadian Prime Minister...
...Gorbachev has been pushing for the newstructure, as well as other changes, to make thepary more democratic and responsive to themembership and the people at large...
...clear where the critics referred toby by Gorbachev fit in the political spectrum. Ifthey are conservatives, that would correspond totheir earlier demands that Gorbachev leave the topparty job altogether, in favor of someone whocould devote full time to the post...
...Gorbachev's only explanation for the criticismwas that some Communists believed the proposedPresidium would not be as "energetic." He did notelaborate...
...Politburo now has 12 full and sevennon-voting members. Gorbachev has already easedsome conservatives off the body, and has shiftedsome of its decision-making functions to popularlyelected bodies