Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 18:17:24 -0500
From: rahul-AT-peaches.ph.utexas.edu (Rahul Mahajan)
Subject: Re: Who would you vote for?


>Rahul Mahajan asked:
>
>> I have a question
>> for anyone who may know: Did anyone in Russia raise a squawk at the
>> absurdly autocratic manner Yeltsin picked to draft a constitution, which
>> virtually assured that he could simply write anything he wanted?
>
>The last time there was a major "squawk" about "the absurdly autocratic
>manner Yeltsin picked to draft a constitution", Yeltsin ordered that the
>parliament building be blown up. Last I heard, one of the former leaders
>of the parliament was running for president (it's amazing he made it out
>alive).
>
>Jerry

I don't think so, Jerry. It's possible I was misled by biased reporting
here, but I don't think it even occurred to the rebels in the parliament
that lack of a constitutional convention was an issue. They, of course, had
other complaits about Yeltsin's dictatorship.

Rahul




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