Lenin believed that democratic centralism safeguarded both party unity and ideological correctness. Democratic centralism is an organizational principle conceived by Lenin. Internally, the communist party practices a form of democracy called democratic centralism. It was organized on the Leninist principle of democratic centralism. Despite the principle of democratic centralism in the Bolshevik Party, internal factions were banned. Nonetheless, it aimed for a Leninist principle of democratic centralism in its internal deliberation process. The party was organized on the principle of democratic centralism. A new policy of "Bolshevization" was adopted, which dragooned the CPs toward stricter bureaucratic centralism. The CPV is organised on the principles of democratic centralism. The CPSU was a Communist party, organized on the basis of democratic centralism. The party operates according to the principles of democratic centralism. Due to the doctrine of democratic centralism, he was effectively a dictator. Spain has a long history of tension between centralism and nationalism. Such is the system of democratic centralism. Ever since, the party has functioned on the basis of democratic centralism.