" Ion Ratiu, presidential candidate of the National Peasant Party, stated, "the run-up to the elections has been totally undemocratic.

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Fearful of losing its grip entirely over villages or of provoking peasant unrest, the party is reluctant to make clear who is in charge.

ECONOMIST: And it turned sour

The party is more responsive to warning signals from within, such as a recent bout of peasant unrest in impoverished rural areas.

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His party, the United Marxist-Leninists, occupies the same political ground as the Maoists: pro-peasant, anti-big business, committed to land reform and ending poverty.

ECONOMIST: A general election is called