To their credit, the regime accepted its inevitable loss with remarkable grace. At three p.m. on the day after the vote, Jaruzelski summoned top party officials.
共产党政权以非凡的风度接受了不可避免的失败，这一点非常值得赞扬。投票结束后当天下午3点，雅鲁泽尔斯基召集了党内高层会议。“我们遭到了完败，”他说。“必须找到政治解决的办法。”他这么说不是要使用暴力，也不是要窜改计票结果。接受现实是共产党人唯一的选择。