Politics

The Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) in the early days of the revolu-

tion focused on two goals, consolidation of its revolutionary authority and the

socioeconomic and political modernization of the country. To advance these

objectives, the RCC moved to increase the mobilization and participation of the

general populace as it worked to improve the technical capacities and respon-

siveness of governmental institutions. Like most revolutionary movements, the

central problem it faced in achieving these objectives was the difficulty involved

in creating an institutional framework that generated the desired levels of

mobilization and participation but did so within the centralized political system

deemed necessary to retain control of the revolution.