1.   An assembly aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity, denied that the assembly leadership is embarrassed.

2.   If not, he said, he and his colleagues in the assembly leadership would resign their positions, thereby bringing the legislature to an end.

3.   An impasse between Serb moderates and hard-liners in the parliament delayed the vote on a new assembly leadership, which is required before the president-elect can take office.

4.   An amendment to the law bars new politicir criticism of Obasanjo and the assembly leadership, whom they jointly accuse of secretly changing the bill before it was signed.

5.   And he squarely blamed Obasanjo, a former military man, for the dispute, accusing him of unduly pressuring, or blackmailing, the assembly leadership.

6.   Last week he blamed the assembly leadership for the dispute, and called for calm.