1. Introduction The vitality of a communist party depends not only on the power of its leadership but also on an institutional culture that continuously corrects, scrutinizes, and intervenes when necessary. Just as leadership authority is crucial in the communist movement, so is democratic control over leadership. This organized, responsible, and institutional expression of democratic control is the 'intervening role'.In my understanding, the intervening role is not an impulsive rebellion against leadership; it is a communist responsibility to alert leadership in time when it deviates from the path of principles, methods, and public interest, to firmly correct it when necessary,...