1.   The opposition especially disputed the results for the governorships of Durango and Veracruz, where the PRD and PAN ran joint slates.

2.   Draskovic now wants joint slates on the local level.

3.   Joint slates, however, could substantially increase their prospects.

4.   The two parties had said they would back one candidate for president and field a joint slate of legislative candidates in the balloting.

5.   Netanyahu heads the Likud party, which is to run a joint slate of candidates with the smaller right-wing Tsomet party.

6.   Netanyahu is still trailing badly even though Likud and the extreme rightwing party Tzomet last week signed a pact to run a joint slate of candidates.