Word: presidium
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think he should be. This is my opinion. I think elections should be universal, equal, by direct and secret vote between alternative candidates, from the bottom to the top, including the election of the Chairman of the Presidium of the U.S.S.R. Supreme Soviet...
Faced with mounting restiveness, Gorbachev tried to promote compromise, at least in the Baltics. At a hastily summoned session of the Supreme Soviet's Presidium on Saturday, he denounced Estonia's actions as "erroneous." But the Soviet leader admitted a need to "improve considerably" the disputed constitutional amendments before they become law. Said he: "We cannot count on success if our transforming work does not take into account the interests of all nations living in our vast country...
...mouse had suddenly decided to roar at a bear. The day after the session, the bear growled back. TASS announced that the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R., the national legislature, considered the Estonian decisions "at variance with the provisions of the current constitution of the U.S.S.R." The Presidium declared that it would consider the issue at its next meeting and "invited" Estonian representatives to be present...
...grant additional power to a reorganized Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. Such a parliament would have jurisdiction over regional economic programs and over the legal status of public organizations. The Supreme Soviet would be indirectly elected by the Congress of the People's Deputies. In times of emergency, its Presidium would be able to impose "special forms of administration" -- a term left deliberately vague -- anywhere in the country...
...accusation that Khrushchev had undervalued other members of the Presidium and was tactless in dealing with them was a serious one. There was a considerable measure of truth in it. Everyone recalled old and new insults...