From the article of 'Petrel'
No.579 / April 28 1996

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Large chorus of nationalism

 Presidential election starting in Russia


The candidacy written report is closed on April 16 aiming at the presidential election of the vote on June 16, and electioneering is becoming full-scale in Russia. Candidates are President former Soviet Union's of Gorbachev, Juganof Communist Party chairman and the Yaburinsukii House of Representatives member of an assembly (representative Yaburoko) and the chairman Liberal Democratic Party of Jirinofusukii, Rebeji retirement lieutenant general, and Fyohdorof Workers Autonomy Party leader besides the present president Yeltsin, 7 total persons. However in fact, it is certain the Yeltsin and to become the man-to-man fight of Juganof. So, plain reelection construction of the Yeltsin stands out especially recently.

Though the existence of an economical difficulty is admitted, because it was "A part of group" in the government, the Yeltsin assumed it in the message speech of the annual in the Kremlin on the end of February. He fired the commitment of "General public receiving" in rapid succession, cancellation of unpaid pay, improvement of pension and house, amends of savings which decreased in inflation, etc.. Needless to say, the Yeltsin considers the support layer of the communist party which advances to the first party in elect total in December last year.

On the other hand, the Yeltsin promised overcoming the inflation. However, he is the care none how "Adjustment" is done as various measures of the above-mentioned with an expansion of financial expense.

The Yeltsin has somewhat expanded support by such promised large board behavior, and his support rate has been raised up to 18% in the public opinion poll in the first ten days April. However, he is still largely pounding the difference to Juganof who obtains the support rate of 26% and is maintaining the top. Thus, the Yeltsin must be in a hurry.

The Yeltsin connected the integrated deepen agreement among Russia, the Belarus, the Kazakstan, and Kyrgyzstan at the beginning of April, and also signed the community foundation agreement with the Belarus. So, the Soviet Union revival appeals domestically, trying for this to make an excuse as no Soviet Union revival for foreign countries. This is to consider the communist party, too.

So to speak, the Yeltsin who advocates the federation and the revival of large country Russia and a recitation race principle and a national principle are advocated, took the policy of Juganof in advance. Of course, there is a economical necessity to the background making the relation between the above-mentioned four countries intimate. The Yeltsin tries to reinforce it the Russian national principle.

A these days, the Yeltsin is not absorbed in the own PR that he was going to announce the military action stop suddenly and emphasize the work on peace without even what reflection's to the Chechen invasion existing and called the west side head in Moscow on April 19 and 20 and held the nuclear power summit and the US head conference, and he was going to perform "Leader in large country Russia".

Such court popularity policies and the performances are already the appearance how the Yeltsin support becomes weak. The Yeltsin has already exhausted "Inheritance" as "Hero" of the coup d'etat obstruction in August, 1991. Moreover, he has held "Debt" that he destroyed the life of the general public by a bourgeois reformation, and expanded the difference of rich and poor and brought the rampancy of the crime and rot, etc..

For such reasons he is all-out in the court popularity, but it only expands Yeltsin's own contradiction. He promises great increases of pay and the pension improvement, etc. expressing reformation promotion and the inflation control in one side. He fuels a race principle and a national principle domestically as he takes off the continuance of the cooperation diplomacy for Western countries. -- The Yeltsin can do nothing but approach the standpoint of the communist party which leads Juganof more and more through the policy covered with such contradiction. (He must approach Jirinofusukii before. It is characteristic that Jirinofusukii sets it up basically in the standpoint of the Yeltsin support recently.)

However then, why it is not Juganof by becoming, is a Yeltsin or should the just cause will be lost. There might not be reason it to be necessary to deny Juganof fundamentally anywhere in case of a similar policy, the standpoint, and the ideology.

We know not chance the approach of both. Main support base of Juganof is a parasitic base hierarchy (Pension life person and retirement serviceman, etc.), however "Social democracy" group in the communist party is winning the support of a part of national enterprise manager and a martial managing staff and Juganof does not deny reforming either.

He takes the supporter an intellectual, a bourgeois small city of the engineer etc. , and workers and is taking off the entire people' representatives. However, the Yeltsin who is being supported by a bureaucratic capitalist layer of a huge enterprise which adheres to the nation and the new "Private organization" bourgeoisie, does not definitely differ actually to the communist party of Juganof in the class base. The reason which approaches though the Yeltsin and Juganof repulse is a reflection related to the class of the bourgeoisie and the small bourgeoisie which shares interests as an owner conflicting at time.

The Yeltsin parting of the worker who the class consideration and is will progress more and more through the electioneering of the Yeltsin. It is a necessity and an indispensable process for the development of the class unity of the worker and the fight.

(Suzuki)