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NICARAGUA'S COMMUNIST PARTY SHIFTS TO OPPOSITION

By Stephen Kinzer, Special To the New York Times

NICARAGUA'S COMMUNIST PARTY SHIFTS TO OPPOSITION
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Nicaragua's small but vocal Communist Party, once allied with the Sandinista Government, has turned to outspoken opposition.

The Sandinistas say their ideology is a form of Marxism adapted to Nicaragua, but Communist Party leaders reject that assertion.

''They are not Marxists, not even close,'' said Ariel Bravo Lorio, one of two Communist members in the National Assembly. ''If they are Marxists, then I quit Marxism.''

The extent to which the Communist Party has moved into the opposition camp was visible during the recent legislative debate over a new Nicaraguan constitution. Both Communist legislators rose repeatedly to support proposals designed to weaken the Sandinistas' control. Plan to Back Opposition

The Communist Party is expected to join other Sandinista opponents to back a single slate of opposition candidates in upcoming local elections.

Until 1984, the Communist Party was part of the ''patriotic front'' that backed the Sandinista Government.

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