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Although Gorbachev is not a member of the Russian republic's parliament, he threw himself into a few weeks of campaigning before the vote took place. He strode the corridors of the Grand Kremlin Palace, buttonholing Deputies and urging them to vote for "unity." Translation: elect anybody but Yeltsin. He listened to campaign speeches and even gave one, a bitter blast in which he accused Yeltsin of "trying to excommunicate Russia from socialism." Yeltsin's intention to grant local district councils the authority to override a republic's laws could carry the theory of sovereignty to the point of absurdity...
Many of the Deputies obeyed, but enough bucked Gorbachev to elect Yeltsin by a four-vote margin in the 1,060-member parliament. "Electing Yeltsin was the only way to preserve the trust of the people," said Moscow Deputy Viktor Shinkaretsky. "This buys us some time." Others blamed Gorbachev for bungling the campaign by attacking Yeltsin so much. "We're responsible to the voters, not to Gorbachev," said Vladimir Ispravnikov, a Deputy from Omsk. "When the party apparatus leans on Yeltsin, it only helps...
With a 94% turnout and 85% of the vote in elections last week, President-elect Ion Iliescu of Romania was almost in the same league as his predecessor, Nicolae Ceausescu, the Communist tyrant who posted similar landslides in pro forma balloting. But this was a free election, complete with opposition candidates and Western observers. That must have made Iliescu's victory all the sweeter, despite opposition allegations of ballot-box fraud, voter intimidation and media monopolization by his incumbent National Salvation Front...
...impasse posed an immediate challenge to the mediating skills of President-elect Chamorro. Like a firm mother who knows how to bring squabbling children into line, she called representatives of the two sides to her home, starting with the contras, who had supported her presidential campaign. Two hours later Chamorro announced, "The boys are ready to sign an agreement...
Until now Democrats have counterbalanced their inability to elect a President by winning a majority in the Congress and in statehouses, but with elections in three Sunbelt states in jeopardy, they run the risk of losing that fig leaf of respectability. For sheer survival, Democrats should try to join the grownups' table and put an end to their days of sibling rivalry. In Florida some party elders, torn between their early commitment to Nelson and a desire to get behind Chiles, are hoping Nelson will drop out in time to run for re-election to his House seat. The deadline...