I believe that this might be the wrong question: I prefer: what are the
forces that convince, say, the CP Mongolia, to adopt such compromise? In a
nutshell, it is the lack of a USSR. We are that far back in history. We
should come to terms with this.
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> Comrades- What kind of communist are the "former communist rulers" today?
We
> have nmany examples of former communists who have rejected a Leninist
> ideology for more pragmatic ones.
> Dave Silver
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> Communists reclaim power in Mongolia vote
> Landslide victory could limit freedoms, analysts say
>
> By Jeremy Page, Reuters, 7/4/2000
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> ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Mongolia's former communist rulers have been swept
> back to power in a landslide election victory, state media said yesterday,
> crushing the forces that helped usher in democracy a decade ago.
>
>
> State radio said the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, or MPRP, had
> won 72 of 76 seats up for grabs in Sunday's election to Parliament, or
Great
> Hural.
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>
> Political analysts said the MPRP, which ruled for seven decades under
Soviet
> patronage, was likely to slow the pace of capitalist-style reform in the
> impoverished Asian nation.
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>
> It was riding a wave of popular anger against political gridlock under the
> divided Democratic Union coalition government and economic austerity
> measures imposed by the International Monetary Fund.
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> Many of Mongolia's 2.4 million people have been plunged into poverty.
>
>
> Immediately after its stunning win, the MPRP promised free education for
> orphans and children of poor herder families.
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> Results were still trickling in from around a landlocked nation the size
of
> western Europe. A total 75.8 percent of 1.2 million registered voters cast
> ballots.
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>
> ''The full results have not come through yet but the MPRP has definitely
won
> a large majority,'' said one election official.
>
>
> The MPRP's charismatic leader, Nambariin Enkhbayar, who studied English
> literature at Leeds University in Britain, was jubilant as the scope of
the
> victory became apparent during the night.
>
>
> ''I'll open a bottle of champagne for every seat my party wins,'' he told
> reporters from his party headquarters, an austere Soviet-style building in
> Ulan Bator.
>
>
> The MPRP held just 26 seats in the outgoing Parliament. It was dumped from
> power in the last elections, in 1996.
>
>
> Enkhbayar signaled a roll-back of the industrial privatization program
that
> was a centerpiece of the outgoing government. State industry is an MPRP
> power base, and influential party members have a stake in ensuring its
> survival.
>
>
> ''Mongolians are realizing these magic words like `privatization' don't
> bring a better quality of life automatically,'' he said.
>
>
> He indicated he would seek to renegotiate the terms of IMF aid to
Mongolia.
> The IMF has insisted on fiscal and monetary tightening to bring down
> inflation and stabilize the currency, the togrog.
>
>
> Many Mongolians welcomed the prospect of strong government after years of
> messy democratic politics.
>
>
> ''People are dying of hunger and youngsters are turning to crime,'' said
> herder Chimeddorj, 67, as a crowd of MPRP supporters cheered outside party
> headquarters.
>
>
> ''The MPRP can lead our country out of this crisis of quarreling
politicians
> and corrupt state officials,'' said the former policeman.
>
>
> There are fears that hard-line communist ideologues within the MPRP may
seek
> to take advantage of the party's overwhelming majority in Parliament to
> restrict freedoms that have flourished since a peaceful democratic
> revolution led to elections in 1990, which the MPRP won.
>
>
> ''We'll have to watch very carefully for any retrograde movement on basic
> freedoms,'' said one Western diplomat.
>
>
> This story ran on page A02 of the Boston Globe on 7/4/2000.
> � Copyright 2000 Globe Newspaper Company.
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