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Article: Just a party among others? (Polish Communist Party )
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- March 18, 1989
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Just a party among others?
IT TOOK kings a long time to travel from divine right to constitutional monarchy. How long will it take the twentieth century's claimant to kingly power, the communist movement?
The first steps, perhaps, are being taken this month. On March 7th the Polish communist party offered Solidarity free elections to a new upper house of the Polish parliament (see page 16). In the Soviet election on March 26th voters in most constituencies will have a choice of candidates (over 80% of them admittedly party members, and almost all the rest party-approved). The Hungarian party is wondering whether to allow multi-party elections for the ...