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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes Friday june 22,1990gorbachev accuses critics of slander Moscow apr soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev accused his Hartline communist critics of slander thursday denying their claim that he did not obtain party approval to switch the soviet Union to a Market Economy. Conservative critics at a meeting this week of russian communists criticized Gorbachev a political and economic reforms. They have made it Clear they will try to replace Gorbachev As party Leader at a Congress set for Early next month. Gorbachev responded thursday citing numerous meetings of the party leadership where officials decided on the need for Radical economic Reform including a Market Economy. A to consider that this idea and program dropped from the sky or that somebody is undertaking an overnight coup to change our course that is slander a Gorbachev said. A a done to be suspicious that something is being done secretly to turn the rails and move the country in the direction of capitalism a he said. A these attempts Are Rotten improper grip in Eastern Europe. His complaints that Gorbachev was bypassing the communist party apparatus underscored conservative concern that Gorbachev has shifted Power from the party to newly elected legislative bodies and to the newly created Post of president a title that Gorbachev holds along with that of general Secretary of the soviet communist party. Migachev in his remarks on wednesday did not accuse Gorbachev by name but indicated he did not think one person should hold the two most powerful posts in the country. A it is impossible to run the party this guiding Force without devoting full time to it a Tass quoted Migachev As saying. Gorbachev noted on tuesday that the party could have a new Leader within 12 Days when the National party Congress meets to revamp the party leadership and choose a chairman. The extreme conservatism shown by the russian delegates indicates the soviet communist party could split into hard line centrist and More so called a a left or reformist factions at the nation made by people who seek a completely different goal from ours a which is to find new forms of life and make the lives of people better a he said. The audience 2,700 delegates to the founding Congress of a russian communist party applauded briefly. Gorbachev was alluding to a complaint made wednesday by prominent conservative Yegor Migachev who said Gorbachev made crucial decisions without consulting the politburo the communist party a 12-Man ruling body. Migachev a member of the politburo specifically cited decisions to move to a Market Economy to allow the reunification of Germany and to loosen the soviet an army major talks with president Mikhail Gorbachev at the Start of thursday s session while supreme soviet chairman Anatoli Lukyanov right looks Over some papers. Al Congress that begins july 2, Delegate Gennady Kozlov told reporters at a briefing. A i would prefer the centrists and left centrists remain United a he said. The 2,700 communists of the russian conference will be the majority of the 4,700 delegates at the National party Congress. Reformers have complained of being prevented from gaining positions As delegates. The russian communists also decided wednesday to found a separate communist party for the russian federation within the National party. The russian party was absorbed into the National one in 1925. A the socialist Community has disintegrated while the positions of imperialism have been dramatically consolidated a Tass quoted Migachev As saying in criticizing Gorbachev a foreign policy. Migachev the party official concerned with agriculture persists in favouring collective fanning despite decades of disastrous harvests. On tuesday a hard liner from Siberia called for the resignations of Gorbachev As party chief and the entire politburo and Central committee of the party. Gorbachev chastised his critics for being poorly informed. A it is not a question of me personally a he said. A tomorrow or after 10 Days or 12 Days there May be another general Secretary or chairman of the party. Before expressing opinions and especially accusations you have to know a whole lot and understand it and not just speak off the  the party chief for the City of Moscow Yuri Prokofiev told reporters that Gorbachev Likely would be one of several candidates for party chief. He declined to speculate on who the others might be. Walesa says he must be president to quash a new Power monopoly Warsaw Poland apr Lech Walesa says he must be president to preserve Poland a new democracy and he has vowed to wage a political War against his former Solidarity allies according to an interview published thursday. The Union Leader challenged the longtime intellectual allies in Warsaw who now Are opposing him to Start a separate a Center left political party and to not hide behind the Broad Label of Solidarity. A i do not want to be president. But i will have to be president a Walesa said in the interview in gazeta web orca Poland a largest newspaper whose use of the Solidarity logo Walesa now disputes. Walesa announced that he plans to Start a daily newspaper owned by the Solidarity Union itself. As president he said he would not oppose the government of prime minister Tadeusz Mazo Walesa Wiecki but he would use presidential decrees to a put the problems of our country in  Walesa said he would wage political War because he is in a deadly fear that a new Power monopoly is forming. A now 1 will create. A War at the top. It is a War that i want to win a Walesa said. His proclamation that he must be president was used As the headline for the gazeta web orca Story. In recent months open conflict has erupted Between Walesa at Union Headquarters in Gdansk and the East blocks first non communist government in Warsaw. The government was created by Solidarity and led by Mazowiecki who was among Walesa a closest advisers for nearly a decade. Walesa says his motive is political pluralism the framing of distinct parties to push the Reform process faster now that a United Solidarity no longer faces a United communist foe. A i am in deadly fear of a monopoly not of my friends but of their successors a that once again i will be in prison and my children for sure because every monopoly ends up like that a Walesa said. A new political group the Center Alliance is backing Walesa for president. On tuesday Walesa met with peasant party representatives who could offer substantial support. Supporters of the government including Many Lon term Solidarity figures Are trying to form a counter Alliance out of local citizens committees that ran Solidarity a parliament Campaign last year. The still unnamed federation rejects political labels but advocates stability and Unity to support the dramatic economic reforms under Way and to Calm any fears among westerners considering much sought investment in Poland. The continued presence in the government of president Wojciech Jaruzelski the former head of the now dissolved communist party symbolizes the dispute. The general who declared martial Law against Solidarity was Given the Post to smooth the transition in once historic Reform agreements now overtaken by the breadth of change in Eastern Europe. Jaruzelski a term runs to 1995, and fully democratic parliamentary elections Are not scheduled until 1993. A new Constitution could change the dates and it is widely accepted that both presidential and parliament elections will take place no later than next Spring. Although nominally in change of the army Jaruzelski has been a largely ceremonial head of state and has done nothing to Block the Mazowiecki government. But Walesa said in the interview that a we need a president with an a decisive Sharp  suggestions have circulated that the shipyard electrician is not refined enough to be president. A criticism that i do not know How to talk with presidents a Walesa asked. A i have talked to them and they want to talk with  world today a big spenders bordello opens doors in Australia Melbourne Australia apr a Multi million Dollar Brothel aimed at attracting businessmen and other big spenders opened for business wednesday in a building once owned by a Church. Top of the town the largest Legal Brothel in Victoria state sits Between the world Trade Center and the nightclub strip of Kings Street. Its the kind of respectable location that its owners Hope will draw a respectable clientele. The owners Dunstan pay. Ltd., spent $5 million converting the dilapidated building formerly owned by the greek orthodox Church into a four Story bordello. Management collects the door charge of $47 for half an hour and $70 for an hour. Once inside the client negotiates Price with one of the 54 women who work there. They keep All the Money they earn minus  taken from mate bites iranian to death Nicosia Cyprus apr a male Donkey separated from its mate by its master bit the Man to death wednesday Iran a official islamic Republic news Agency reported. The Agency monitored in Nicosia said the Donkey was so incensed when its master Bashir be mat separated him from his female companion that it went for shed Matt a Throat. The animal was clubbed to death by farm workers the Agency said. It said the incident occurred in the Village of own tapped in Northwestern Iran  
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