ABSTRACT
The principal tendencies of conservatism and reformism had differentiated into those of conservatism, centrist-reformism and radical-reformism prior to the 19th Party Conference. As the economic and political situation deteriorated, a further demarcation took place after the Conference. Emergence of socio-economic forces inimical to the Party and its ideology was a foregone conclusion. The political consequences of such economic reforms concerned the conservatives. Radical shift took place in the ideology of the Party and the Central Committee and the new ideology acquired shape during the course of the reforms. The clearest conflict between the political tendencies came at the February 1990 Central Committee plenum. The March 1990 plenum was a continuation of the February plenum and debated the specific ways in which Article Six ought to be amended. The new Central Committee elected at the 28th Party Congress took into account the existence of various tendencies.
