 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Panguva yaakaunza sirogani ye Demokratizatsiya, Gorbachev akanga agumisa kuti kuita shanduko dzake dzakarondedzerwa paChipiri cheMakumi maviri neChinomwe Party Congressmuna February 1986 zvaida zvinopfuura kungonyadzisa Varindi Vekare. Akachinja nzira yake kubva pakuedza kushanda kuburikidza neCPSU sezvaivapo uye panzvimbo pezvo akagamuchira mwero wekusunungurwa kwezvematongerwe enyika. Muna January 1987, akakumbira pamusoro pemisoro yebato kuvanhu uye akadaidzira kuti pave nedemokrasi. 