University Daily Kansan / Monday, November 27, 1989
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Gorbachev supports reforms
The Associated Press
MOSCOW — Mikhail S. Gorbachev displayed solid support yesterday for reform in Eastern Europe by endorsing "socialism with a human face," the slogan used by the Czechoslovak progressives topped by a Soviet-led invasion in 1988.
In the Czechoslovak capital, Alexander Dubcek, leader of the ill-fated "Prague Spring" reforms of 21 years ago, read Gorbachev's remarks at a rally as proof of the Soviet president's backing for change.
Two days earlier, the Czechoslovak Communist Party dumped party chief Milos Jakes and other some leaders associated with hard-line policies in an attempt to stem the political crisis that has rocked the country.
With the Eastern bloc in upehalve, the Soviet Communist Party daily Pravda published a $2\frac{1}{2}$-page compilation of Gorbachev's thoughts on the future of socialism and his own program for "perestroika," or reconstruction of the economy and society.
Pravda said the article was a synthesis of recent research by Gechakchen.
The Soviet leader's major theme seemed to be that
socialism must modernize, even adopting traits of capitalism if necessary, or risk becoming irrelevant.
He also said achievements attained under capitalism, such as "equality of all before the law" and general prosperity, should not be dismissed because of ideology.
World Briefs
“In the hullabaloo of our constant confrontation with capital, we clearly underestimate the importance of much that has been done by humanity over the centuries,” the Kremlin leader said.
On the need for Soviet reform, Gorbachev said, "The people are tired of waiting.
"Many words have been spoken about the interests of man, but they have been little reinforced with material resources and genuine deeds. As a result, in becoming a great and mighty power, the country did not create for the masses of the people the conditions of life that are natural for any civilized state.
"The new face of socialism is its human face; this fully corresponds to the thought of Marx. Because its creation is the chief goal of restructuring, we can with full justification say we are building humanitarian socialism."
AOUN UNDER FIRE: Lebanon's newly elected president Elias Hrawi said yesterday he would replace Christian Gen. Michel Aoun with a new army commander within 48 hours if Aoun continues to challenge the fledgling government.
The warring came after Parliament approved a new Cabinet that pledged to extend its control over all Lebanon, including the Christian enclave controlled by Aoum.
Hrawi said, "If he persists . . . I must say with much regret that he will have to bear the consequences." The president was speaking to reporters in this Beka Valley town, where he has established temporary headquarters while Aoun refuses to leave the official presidential palace.
Some parliamentarians speculated Hrawi would resort to military means if Aoun was not forced out by diplomatic pressure.
Hrawi, a 64-year old Maronite, was elected Friday to succeed President Rene Mouawad, who was assassinated Nov. 22 only 17 days into his term.
HONOURABLE ELECTIONS: Voters in Honduras, stuck between two civil wars, voted yesterday for a president who will have to deal with the sticky questions of
how to get rid of thousands of Nicaraguan rebels and
what to do with half a million war refugees.
The turnout was early and big as droves of people went to the polls in flag-decked trucks, buses, cars, on foot and on horseback.
"We are very optimistic. We're getting a very good turnout among our supporters," said the Liberal Party candidate, Carlos Flores, in a radio interview.
Rafael Leonardo Calleja of the National Party was a slight favorite over Carlos Flores, who represents the incumbent Liberal Party.
Flores, 39, is publisher of La Tribuna, one of the nation's leading newspapers, and was trained as an engineer at Louisiana State University. His wife, Mary, is a U.S. citizen.
Callejas, 46, comes from a landowning family and was trained as an agricultural economist at Mississippi State University.
If Callejas takes office for a four-year term Jan. 27, it will mark the first transition of power to an opposition party since 1932. Yesterday's was also the nation's third free presidential election of the decade after years of military-dominated rule. Final results were expected late Sunday or early Monday.
Gandhi's party faltering in elections
The Associated Press
NEW DELHI, India — Opposition parties forged ahead of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's Congress Party in parliamentary elections that will determine the fate of the world's only democratically elected dynasty, results showed today.
"The Congress Party is no longer going to be the major in the next government," state television declared.
Following the bloodiest vote in modern India's 42-year history, tallies showed the governing Congress Party leading in more races than any single opposition party, but trailing the combined total of opposition parties. It was falling short of enough seats to form the next government without entering a coalition.
Young started Wednesday in most of India's 25 states and seven federally governed territories. By the time polling ended yesterday in the states of Punjab, Bihar and Skimk, at least 10 percent were killed in election-related violence.
The election also was marred by widespread ballot-rigging, voter intimidation and murderous assaults that prompted the election commission to order re-votes today in one-fifth of the country's 590,000 polling booths – including about 18 percent of the booths in Gandhi's own constituency of Amethi.
According to the television's "trend reports," based on incomplete counting in 382 of 524 constituencies, Congress was ahead in 151 races while major opposition parties led in a total of 190.
The election was seen as a referendum on Gandhi's leadership since he assumed power in 1984 amid hopes he could lead India toward a new age.
While the Congress Party was expected to sweep the southern states, it appeared to be in serious danger to the north, its traditional stronghold.
Congress still could emerge as the single largest party, making it the likely choice to try to form the next government of the world's largest
democracy. But it would be forced into an uneasy alliance with Hindu fundamentalists or the Communists.
The National Front, led by former Gandhi ally Vishwanath Pratap Singh, was leading in 90 contests.
The right-wing Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party, or Indian People's Party, which had only two seats in the last Parliament, led in 76 races. The Communist Party of India-Marxist was ahead in 24 contests.
Smaller parties and independent candidates led in 41 races.
At stake were 524 seats in the Lok Sabha, or House of the People, the policy-making lower house of Parliament that will choose the next prime minister.
Gorbachev to enter summit bringing history of surprises
The Associated Press
MOSCOW — Mikhail S. Gorbachev broke the mold of dour, intransigent Soviet leaders during his first foray onto the world stage, and he's been surprising now-wary Western counterparts ever since his 1985 summit with Ronald Reagan.
president for anything that might be thrown at him.
Based on his past performance, there's every reason to believe that the 58-year-old Gorbachev might spring a surprise on President Bush when the two meet off Malta on Dec. 2 and 3, so much so that White House officials say extensive preparations are under way to prepare the U.S.
Gorbachev's reform policies in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe have been surprising enough to Americans.
At the last snap summit, in Reykajik, Iceland, in 1986, the United States went prepared to negotiate the framework for a treaty reducing intermediate-range nuclear missiles. Gorbachev instead proposed eliminating all nuclear weapons in all categories.
The American refused to concede; the Soviet insisted it was all or nothing. And nothing it was.
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