11. The outspoken Moscow politician sent shock waves through Western governments last year after his Nationalist Party defeated democratic reformers in parliamentary elections. 12. The president has been helped on this count by some influential democratic reformers who have argued that Yeltsin is the only practical alternative to the Communists. 13. True democratic reformers in all countries in the region, including Serbia, will be undermined if Belgrade is held to a different standard. 14. Voters who backed the radical left and right emphatically rejected the pro-market policies of President Boris Yeltsin and democratic reformers. 15. Zedillo, who is developing an image as a democratic reformer, has championed the primary as a pivotal reform for the PRI and for Mexico. 16. According to the conventional wisdom, a high voter turnout would favor moderates and democratic reformers, including the pro-government party. 17. But supporters of the new law, passed in August by a parliament dominated by democratic reformers, say state media were still not free enough. 18. Democratic reformers Joseph Clark and Richardson Dilworth campaigned against the machine and took over City Hall. 19. Former Russian prime minister and democratic reformer Yegor Gaidar said Wednesday Europe will face immense instability if the communists are returned to power at presidential elections in June. 20. Some of the harshest critics of the decision to invade Chechnya are the democratic reformers who staunchly stood by Yeltsin, even as he grew remoter and more autocratic. |