Chapter 189 Public Opinion War
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"Those prosecutors from Moscow took my husband away without saying a word. Although they were sent by the central government, they couldn't prevent our family members from meeting! Later we hired a lawyer, but the lawyer has been unable to do so until now. I didn’t see my husband, and every time I went to the location of the central working group to ask, they said they were still investigating and let us go back and wait for news...” A woman was crying in front of the reporter of Komsomolskaya Pravda Said. Her husband, Habeishvili, secretary of the Georgian party committee in charge of organizational work, was taken away by Ligachev's task force to Georgia a few months ago, and no one has seen him since.
The reporters sent by "Komsomolskaya Pravda" came to investigate this matter. This was a special request from Sergey Sha. Now the top and bottom of the "Komsomolskaya Pravda" obeyed Sergey Shah's words, and Sergey Shah has completely controlled the newspaper. This time it was not an ordinary news thread. Seriosha had already set the tone for this interview long before these people left Moscow, that is to investigate Ligachev's people's interference and meddling in the local government. The reason why Seryozha wanted to do this was to use public opinion to give Ligachev eye drops. Seryozha knew very well that the readers of "Komsomolskaya Pravda" were young people, and they were most likely to be incited. Easily influenced by public opinion. This is exactly what Seryozha wants to take advantage of.
Under the guidance of local comrades in Georgia, the reporters from Moscow first found the relatives of Secretary Habeishvili of the Georgian Party Committee who was in charge of organizing work. Secretary Habeishvili has been under the control of people sent by Ligachev since a few months ago. The reason given is that when Habeishvili was the first secretary of Abkhazia, part of the public Construction funds were misappropriated. After Habeishvili was taken away, some local officials in Abkhazia were brought under the control of Lijachev's working group one after another.
"Madam, are all the cadres taken away from the Georgian ethnic group?" a reporter from "Komsomolskaya Pravda" interrupted and asked suddenly.
"Mostly, but two Abkhaz cadres and several Armenian cadres were also taken away, and the rest are Georgian cadres." Habeishvili's wife thought for a while Answered truthfully.
The reporters weighed it in their hearts. According to the instructions of Secretary Ulyanov, their investigation direction was mainly whether the investigators from Moscow had any illegal behavior in the process of law enforcement. At present, it seems that the extended detention It is a problem, but this kind of thing is too common in the Soviet Union. The cadres in the party must first be checked by the party organization, and after the fact of the crime is confirmed, they will be handed over to the judiciary. However, General Secretary Gorbachev has stopped this kind of behavior, and now the investigations are directly initiated by the judicial department. However, the judiciary's control time for criminal suspects is strictly regulated by law, up to one week. Now Habeishvili has been taken away for more than a month, and the inspectors from Moscow have neither Ishvili filed a lawsuit, but did not give a clear statement. He also refused to visit Habeishvili's lawyer, saying that the matter involved state secrets, which itself had many problems.
"Mrs Habeishvili,
We also want to interview the wives of several other officials who were taken away, and want to know their situation. Could you please contact them? "The reporter asked cautiously.
"Of course, we are all going crazy now, only you can help us!" Mrs. Habeishvili said with a sad face.
After the interview, the reporters sorted out a document and sent it back to Moscow by telegram, and Sergei saw the report immediately. He quickly got a general idea of the situation in Georgia. The working group sent by Ligachev to Georgia was under the banner of investigating corruption cases, but in fact it was to attack the local real power faction and allow the central government's decree to pass. On this point, Georgia's current first secretary, Pattyashvili, and Ligachev have the same interests. The Soviet Union is too big. Officials in many places think that Moscow is far away from the emperor. Especially at the critical time of the reform of the Soviet Union, if the central government lacks control over the local areas, government orders will be blocked, and reforms can only be idling among the top leaders in Moscow. , It will not sink into the lives of ordinary people in the Soviet Union. The success or failure of reforms lies in the implementation. If the local real power parties obey the central government's decrees, no matter how good the central government's plan is, it is impossible to succeed. But is it easy to clean up the local power faction? Of course it's not easy.
Ligachev wants to use anti-corruption to attack local vested interest groups, but in places like Georgia, most of the local officials are locals. A Russian in Patty Ashvili couldn't hold back at all. Speaking of how stubborn the Georgians are, it can be seen from Stalin. But these are not the most important things now. The important thing is that the interests of Seryozha and Shevardnadze are the same. They must keep their rights and not be deprived by Ligachev. This is a life-and-death contest. Seryozha, of course, will use all means.
So Seryozha picked up a pen, edited and edited the press release, and wrote "Mostly, but two Abkhaz cadres and several Armenian cadres were also taken away, and the rest They are all ethnic Georgian cadres." This sentence was changed to "All are Georgian ethnic cadres!" After the change, Seryozha asked Komsomolskaya Pravda to prepare a special report on Georgian issues.
The reason why Seryozha made such changes was to allow more Georgian cadres to stand up against the Ligachev working group in Tbilisi. Shevardnadze is a Georgian, so the only way to call on Georgian cadres and the central working group Confrontation, Seryosha can effectively support Shevardnadze in the confrontation with Ligachev in the center. As long as Ligachev can't deal with Shevardnadze's hard bone for a day, Seryozha is safe. At present, it seems that the conflicts between Georgian local officials and the central working group are not intense enough. Seryozha will use the power of public opinion to tell those Georgian officials that Ligachev is here to deal with you. The Secretariat he represents does not trust you. Stop having any illusions.
After reviewing the manuscript, Sergey called the news investigation team in Georgia again, asking them to continue digging into the various illegal activities of Ligachev's working group in Georgia. Sergey planned to make this news into a long-form report. Although Seryozha did not clearly explain how the news should be written and who the main target of the investigation was, the head of the news investigation team still understood Seryozha's intentions. A public opinion war related to the struggle within the Moscow Politburo had already begun .