21.   Deputies have refused to ratify the referendum plan and say such a poll can not be held without parliamentary approval.

22.   Deputies refused to make any comment on the progress or mood of the debate when they emerged from the FAMOS engine factory where they had been meeting.

23.   Meanwhile, Palestinian deputies refused to be searched by Israeli soldiers on Monday as they travelled from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank.

24.   Pro-Lukashenko deputies refused to take part.

25.   The head of the Palestinian Council, Ahmed Korei, told AFP that the deputies have refused to go.