RUSHES: Mikhail Gorbachev interviewed by Jon Snow

Mikhail Gorbachev interviewed by Jon Snow; Interview main camera part 7 of 10ENGLAND: London:INTMikhail Gorbachev (Soviet Leader) interview SOT (voice of interpreter heard inbackground - English and Russian on separate audio tracks).Q - Perestroika has produced some non-communist leaders in the republics. Can you foresee the day when there might be a non-communist president of the Soviet Union? Could you be that man?A - Some non-communists have been elected presidents, former communists, what we created in the new democratic framework has created a safeguard that our society will better see what each contender stands for at each election, from local to federal level we will have people elected who have people's trust, important for reforms. What party the president is from is for an election to decide, has to be a competition, winner will have people's support, continued reform is the point