Word: politburo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...changes in Eastern Europe. But political reforms were emphatically rejected earlier this month in a closed session of the 8th plenum of Vietnam's Communist Party. While the plenum promised to revitalize the party's frayed relations with the people, it also fired an outspoken liberal member of the Politburo, Tran Xuan Bach. That leaves only one liberal in the 13-member ruling body, Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach...
...have just been named to Mikhail Gorbachev's Presidential Council. What is this new body, and how does it fit in with existing institutions like the Politburo...
...Presidential power and the entire system of presidential rule in our country are in the formative stage. The Politburo will deal with purely political and party matters; its leadership will try to exercise its influence through the activities of its members. I believe this is similar to how the Republican and Democratic parties work in your country...
...fears that Gorbachev might use his new powers to declare a state of emergency in the republic as a way to regain control. But Gorbachev appears to be committed to finding a political solution to the crisis. "There would not be negotiations but a repectful dialogue," he said. Even Politburo conservative Yegor Ligachev firmly ruled out military intervention, noting that "tanks cannot help in this business...
Where does this leave the party's ruling Politburo? Lost in the dust, it would seem. Last week the congress formally amended Article 6 of the constitution to eliminate any reference to the party's "leading role." Now Communists must share political influence with "other political parties, trade unions, youth organizations and mass movements." But Gorbachev continued to hold on to his own leading role in the party. That may only be a question of months, at least until the party holds its congress in early summer. "As President," he told the parliamentarians, "I want to wish the Communist Party...