Chapter 257 Soviet People's Congress

In any case, Seryozha never thought that he could enter the Politburo and become the leader of the party in his lifetime. But at this moment, can serving as a member of the Politburo really save the Soviet Union? Look at the list of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee this year. All the first and second leaders of the party committees of the republics have entered the Politburo. The total number of people alone has become the largest in the history of the CPSU. Although such a Politburo has Broad representation, but an increase in the number of people will also result in a decrease in efficiency.

In addition, when the 28th National Congress discussed the issue of the party, Soviets, and social and political organizations, it had already established that the Supreme Soviet was the highest authority in the Soviet Union. That is to say, today's election only means that Everyone's status in the party and the status in the government will be directly elected by the Soviet People's Congress in the near future. The democratic program faction that failed to plan competed on the same stage, and before the election results of the Soviet People's Congress came out, the ruling crisis of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was not resolved.

Although the value has been greatly reduced, but at the age of less than 30 years old, Seryozha became the top leader of the CPSU, which has already made history. When Seryozha left his seat in the audience and walked towards the rostrum with his head held high. The applause from the audience made Sergei feel a heavy sense of responsibility, and the huge portrait of Lenin on the background of the rostrum made Sergesha feel emotional.

"Congratulations, Comrade Ulyanov!" When Seryozha came to the rostrum, someone walked up to him and extended his hand to congratulate him friendly. Look, it was Ligachev.

"Thank you, Secretary Ligachev!" Seryozha hurriedly replied.

"I'm no longer the secretary of the secretariat! By the way, I voted for you just now!" Ligachev said kindly to Seryozha with a smile on his face. In the election just now, Ligachev lost the election, and most of the Marxist program faction he led basically lost their leadership positions. The faction of the party most loyal to Lenin and Stalinism lost its leadership. The winners were the democratic program represented by Yakovlev and the middle line represented by Sergei Sha. Yeltsin and Sobchak became alternate members of the Politburo, while Nastya, Gorman, Pugachev and other Leningrad cadres all entered the Central Committee. Whether Seryozha was willing or not, the representatives of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union made the Leningrad cadres an important faction in the party.

"I didn't vote for you!" Seryozha replied seriously.

"It's okay, please cherish this country!" Ligachev let go of his hand after saying this, and left the rostrum lonely. Seryosha looked at Ligachev's back and felt a lot.

After the conclusion of the 28th Congress of the CPSU, Seriosha, Yeltsin and others rushed back to Leningrad overnight to prepare for the upcoming Third Soviet People's Congress this year. Why are people's congresses held three times a year? This has to start with Lithuania's declaration of independence. Not long after the Baltic Road event was held, the Soviet Union held its first Congress of People’s Deputies. Not all the delegates to this meeting came from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, but representative representatives from all social classes were elected in proportion. The core issue of the first Soviet People's Congress was to decide whether to approve the continued existence of the Soviet Union as an independent country. The results of the vote showed that 70% of the representatives believed that the Soviet Union should continue to exist as a completed country. Since then, the Soviet People's Congress has remained an acceptable channel of negotiation for all parties.

Just a few months after the end of the first Soviet People's Congress, in order to discuss whether the Soviet Union should continue to retain the one-party system, the second Soviet People's Congress was held. At this meeting, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was forced to give up its leading position, and it also stipulated that the head of the state, that is, the government, should be elected in the form of the Soviet People's Congress.

This set the date for the Third Congress of the Soviet People's Deputies. This time, the 28th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was essentially held for the election of the Third Soviet People's Congress, so there were steps to revise the party constitution and re-elect party leaders. Originally, the third Soviet People's Congress was planned to be held next year, but the domestic political activities continued, and the authority and credibility of the government had been completely lost. Therefore, Gorbachev was forced by the situation to hold the third Soviet People's Congress ahead of schedule. Congress is up.

Seryozha was not that enthusiastic about the Third Soviet People's Congress. He only hoped to keep his position in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and his political influence in the Leningrad region. The original plan was that Yeltsin and Sobchak would run for the mayor of Leningrad and chairman of the Supreme Soviet. But now the results of the 28th National Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union have made Sergei start to reassess his own strength. He thinks that if he has his own support, why don’t Yeltsin and Sobchak show their skills on a bigger platform? ? Yeltsin could run for chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Republic, while Sobchak could run for mayor of Leningrad. As long as these two key positions are taken, the entire Russian Republic will be under control.

"Brother Boris, do you think we have a good chance of winning if we go to participate in the election of the chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Republic?" Seryozha and Yeltsin were in the same car and asked suddenly on the way back.

"Why, do you want to leave the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation?" Yeltsin felt that Sergey's question was a bit sudden. He had never heard that Sergey had any plans to participate in the election. In fact, Sergey did not need to participate in the election. Because no matter who participated in the election of the President of the Soviet Union and won, Sergesha was the best candidate for the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, because the cabinet was directly appointed by the president. Seryozha did not have to choose by himself. The election of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Republic is actually more uncertain.

"I'm talking about you. If you go to the election of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Republic, what are your chances of winning?" Seriously asked.

"Thirty percent, I'm afraid Gorbachev will not nominate me for the election of the Russian Republic. If you want to run, I think the success rate is almost 60%!" Yeltsin replied equally seriously.

"Brother Boris, you can just run for the election, I will take care of Gorbachev's problem!" Sergey replied. ...