He has rejected the traditional Communist monopoly of power.

They require political and economic changes that will end Communist monopoly of power without transferring power to anti-Communist monopolies.

Lithuania voted in december to abolish the Communist monopoly on power, and Estonia is expected to follow suit soon.

The granting of a private television license in the Czech Republic has set off a bitter controversy over the control of what was once a Communist monopoly.

He says with satisfaction: "The system of Communist monopoly of power and the centralized economic system based on that power is finished.

He opposed giving too much authority to any leader, fought to protect free speech and lobbied for an end to the Communist monopoly on power.

Having been the first to dare, Poland settled for semi-free elections that nonetheless ended Communist monopoly of power.

Some deputies who are sympathetic to ending the Communist monopoly are nevertheless hesitant about veering into the area of labor protest.

After Mr. Hoxha's death in 1985, the Communist monopoly and power in Albania slowly began to crumble.

By contrast, he placidly characterized the fall of Communist monopolies in Eastern Europe as "the natural outcome of a certain period of development."