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Laos
Index
Figure 8. Organization of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
(LPRP), 1993
Source: Based on information from Martin Stuart-Fox, Laos:
Politics, Economics, and Society, London, 1986, 61.
Khamtai Siphandon, Prime Minister, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Courtesy Embassy of the Lao People's Democratic Republic,
Washington
Nouhak Phoumsavan, President, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Courtesy Embassy of the Lao People's Democratic Republic,
Washington
Whereas communist parties in the former Soviet Union
and
Eastern Europe have crumbled, in Laos, the ruling
communist party,
the Phak Pasason Pativat Lao
(Lao People's Revolutionary Party--
LPRP; see Glossary)
has retained undiluted political
control. The
constitution, adopted in August 1991, notes simply in
Article 3
that the LPRP is the "leading nucleus" of the political
system.
LPRP statutes, revised following the Fifth Party Congress
held in
1991, leave no doubt regarding the dominant role of the
party:
The party is...the leading core of the entire political
system,
hub of intelligence, and representative of the interest of
the
people of all strata. The party formulates and revises the
major
lines and policies on national development in all spheres;
finds
solutions to major problems; determines the policies
regarding
personnel management, training of cadres, and supplying
key cadres
for different levels; controls and supervises activities
of party
cadres and members, state agencies and mass organizations.
Data as of July 1994
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