Because he was an insider of the Communist apparatus, and the people in the streets had no different leaders.

The old Communist political apparatus is not all that is left of the Soviet system.

Money: taking political contributions from the Communist apparatus is moral treachery, at least.

He had been a leading member of the Communist apparatus for decades.

Nevertheless Diem caused substantial early damage to the Communist apparatus.

Thus, what emerges may be a highly truncated, poorly functioning version of a market economy in which the Communist apparatus still has substantial influence.

The Communist apparatus is collapsing everywhere, thanks to Gorbachev.

He has argued that the country's 1989 transition left much of the Communist apparatus in place, fueling corruption and distorting democracy.

Eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with the operation of the Communist apparatus.

According to the official press agency, the party leader promised that restructuring of the Communist apparatus would continue.