On June 4, 1989, an election was held in Poland, at the time a solid member of the Soviet bloc, a dedicated communist government that had the full support of their masters in the Soviet Kremlin. The results were supposed to be totally predictable. Only a third of the seats in the lower house of Parliament were at stake. And while the new Senate of 100 members was open for election for the first time, the Senate had little power and was viewed as a “safety valve” for the rulers. To say the powers that be thought the outcome was rigged is an understatement of historic proportions.
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