A reformist committee bypassed all existing party structures to force change faster

Evidence

Bypassing Prague, the local organizations, and its own Central Committee, the AV appointed a new party leadership and called the Extraordinary Congress – for 18 December, two days before the Czech party’s congress. — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 505

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Reform can be stolen through procedural speed and surprise rather than force — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 1042

Broader Connections