Word: reform
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Cory Aquino came to power last February, one of her key promises was to implement a genuine agrarian reform policy. Now, with less than a month to go before the members of the country's first post-revolutionary Congress takes their seats, the question is: will...
...that end, Thornburgh is planning a debate inthe Arco Forum between the candidates of bothparties, as well as a series of public events thatwill bring together scholars and experts todiscuss issues of the coming campaign, such aswelfare reform, the deficit, Star Wars andeconomic competitiveness. "I hope to promote somemeaningful discussion, which you'll see isn'talways the case as you saw in the Democraticdebate [last week]," he says...
...member Central Committee of the Communist Party and cut straight to the heart of his concern: the Soviet Union's bureaucracy- burdened economy. With characteristic candor, the Soviet leader faulted his predecessors for entrenching a system that promoted inefficiency, hampered industrial growth and destroyed national morale. Only "radical reform," he insisted, could put the economy back on its feet. In a challenge to his conservative critics, Gorbachev declared, "The possibilities of socialism . . . will be judged precisely by the progress and results of our restructuring campaign...
...some of the most far-reaching proposals of his almost 28 months in $ office, Gorbachev outlined plans for reforming slothful management and industrial practices. He called for reduced central control of the economy and reform in "planning, pricing, finance and credit." He also demanded a "drastic extension" of independent decision making at the factory level. To increase productivity, he proposed that workers share in factory profits and enjoy incomes without fixed ceilings...
...appointing three of his supporters to full membership in the Politburo. Half of the 14 men who now sit on the ruling body are regarded as Gorbachev allies. Most notable was the elevation of Propaganda Chief Alexander Yakovlev, 63, who has overseen the Soviet media campaign to promote reform. In addition, General Dmitri Yazov, 63, the new Defense Minister, was made a non-voting member of the Politburo. His predecessor, Marshal Sergei Sokolov, 75, was dismissed in disgrace last month over the military's failure to prevent the landing of a West German light plane near Red Square...